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Includes interesting commentary on misunderstandings of indigenous language, speech, and naming practices. Also includes a 3-page document with notes on the history of early encounters between colonists and Ojibwa/Odawa communities in northern Michigan

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

Letter from Louise Obermiller to J.W. Noble, Honorable Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1891-10-10

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 158

Identifier: CLOB 1/158

Scope and Contents

12-page letter summarizing the complaints and claims of Odawa and Ojibwa communities against the United States government and its representatives in central and northern Michigan

Dates: 1891-10-10

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

Certificates of deaths of Alexander Nisawacad and Amab Kagous, 1889-10-17

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 159

Identifier: CLOB 1/159

Scope and Contents

Signed and certified by Servatius Altnicks, "Superior of the Indian mission" at Harbor Springs, Michigan

Dates: 1889-10-17

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

List of witnesses for the complainant and for the defense, undated

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 160

Identifier: CLOB 1/160

Scope and Contents

Also includes miscellaneous notes on depositions

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

Letter from Louise Obermiller to Judge Dunne, 1893-09-12

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 161

Identifier: CLOB 1/161

Scope and Contents

Also includes one page of notes with details about the chiefs (and bands) that signed the 1855 treaty

Dates: 1893-09-12

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

Carbon copy of letter from Louise Obermiller to J.W. Noble, Honorable Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1891-10-13

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 162

Identifier: CLOB 1/162

Dates: 1891-10-13

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

"Dates", undated

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 163

Identifier: CLOB 1/163

Scope and Contents

Lists all dates pertinent to the legal proceedings from 1831 to 1889

Dates: undated

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

Letter from Anna M. Wendell to Louise Obermiller, 1889-11-21

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 164

Identifier: CLOB 1/164

Scope and Contents

Also includes copy of letter from J. Theodore Wendell to Dr. M. Obermiller (Exhibit Number Four, dated December 4, 1865)

Dates: 1889-11-21

Found in: University of Notre Dame Archives / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection / Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Materials (Accession #2023-074) / Legal Records, Court Proceedings, and Correspondence

List of signatories to 1855 treaty organized by band, undated

File — Box: CLOB 1, Folder: 165

Identifier: CLOB 1/165

Scope and Contents

Also includes one page (front and back) of miscellaneous notes. Title at top of page reads "Valedictory from 1500 to 2500 words, St. Mary's College, June 1893. 2100 words."

Dates: undated