What's in your wallet? Make it a Library of Michigan library card. Get a Library Card
Online Resources for Library Cardholders
The Library of Michigan supports digitization efforts throughout the state by offering resources to libraries. Resources include consulting, equipment access, funding opportunities, and more.
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
Michigan eLibrary (MeL) Information
History of the Library of Michigan
Press releases courtesy of library staff and the Michigan Department of Education.
State Librarian/State Librarian's Excellence Award
Search is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
Schreiber, Paul R. Ancient Indian trail in Farmington. 1976.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N G 4114.F23 1976 .S34
Cowell, Geraldine L. The Indian's Michigan. 1960.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH MAPS 4N G 4111.E1 1960 .C6
Greene, Merritt. The land lies pretty = "Op-Jah-mo-mak-y-a": a story of the Great Sauk Trail in 1832 with an introduction to the Northwest Territory. 1959.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PS 3513 .R46 L3 1959
Hinscale, W. B. Archaeological atlas of Michigan. 1931.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N Folio F568 .H63
Wheeler-Voegelin, Erminie. An anthropological report on Indian use and occupancy of northern Michigan. 1974.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .C6 C47 vol. 5
Coggan, Blanche B. 1830 Indian site in Sciota, Shiawassee County, Michigan: Chippewas' son Jackson died of smallpox, buried on Daniel H. Blood Farm, Osaganing. 19??.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 574 .S35 C65
Documents relating to the allotment of lands to the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan under the treaty of July 31, 1855: reservation tract books and allotment schedules.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN CD STORAGE E 99 .C6 C552
Ederer, Roselynn. Indiantown: an Ojibwe village becomes a farm community. 2011
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .C6 E34 2011
Genealogy
Hendricks, Kathleen M. St. Mary's Catholic Church baptisms: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, 1811-1900. 2004.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 574 .S3 H46 2004
Lantz, Raymond C. The Potawatomi Indians of Michigan, 1843-1904 : including some Ottawa and Chippewa, 1843-1866 and Potawatomi of Indiana, 1869 and 1885. 1992.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .P8 L35 1992
United States National Archives and Records Administration. Correspondence, field notes, and the census roll of all members or descendants of members who were on the roll of the Ottawa and the Chippewa tribes of Michigan in 1870, and living on March 4, 1907 (Durant Roll). 1996.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S E 99 .O9 C6 1996 r.1-4
Lantz, Raymond C. Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent Horace B. Durant's 1907 Durant Roll field notes. 2014.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 78 .M6 L36 2014
1940 census, Great Lakes Indian Agency, Red Cliff Reservation Chippewa. 1965.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S E98.C3 I52 1965
History and culture
Diedrich, Mark. Ojibway chiefs: portraits of Anishinaabe leadership. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 89 .D54 1999
Michigan Commission on Indian Affairs. The Indian in Michigan: Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi. 1970.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS 2S E78.M6 M44 1970z
Spruce, Albert W. The early years: Albert Spruce. 2003.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .C6 S738 2003
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. Diba jimooyung, telling our story: a history of the Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek. 2005
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .C6 D52 2005
Swierenga, Robert P. & Van Appledorn. William. Old Wing Mission: cultural interchange as chronicled by George and Arvilla Smith in their work with Chief Wakazoo's Ottawa band on the West Michigan frontier. 2008.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .O9 O433 2008
Stiebe, Ronald. Mystery people of the cove: a history of the Lake Superior Ouinipegou. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N E 99 .W7 S85 1999
Government relations
Fletcher, Matthew L. M. The eagle returns: the legal history of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. 2012.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN E78 .M6 F57 2012
Erickson, Sue. Ojibwe treaty rights: understanding & impact. 2004.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N KF 8228 .C6 E743 2004
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Native American Affairs. Michigan Indian recognition: hearing … to reaffirm and clarify the federal relationships of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians as distinct federally recognized Indian tribes… 1995.
LIB OF MICH FICHE 2N KF 49 .C622
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Chippewa Indians. A Compact between the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and the state of Michigan. 1993.
LIB OF MICH LAW MICHIGAN 3N KFM 4585 .A43 A2 1993a
State of Michigan. Michigan Tribal Governments
https://www.michigan.gov/som/government/branches-of-government/tribal-government
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Indian Affairs. Programs & Services.
https://www.bia.gov/programs-services
Updated 01/16/19