Hi Jenni, My family is a member of the Little River Band and this is what I understand is the difference. A part of the Grand River Band wanted to break away and established that if you were decended from these certain cheifs (I think there were 6 of them) you would be a part of the Little River Band. Little River achieved federal recognition as you know while Grand River is still struggling to organize themselves as I understand. My mom has the details on which chiefs they were talking about if you would like to know, I can get the info from her. Nancy > Does anyone know the modern day difference between The Little River Band and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians? I am confused because they both trace to the same chiefs. > > Jenni
Nancy, Thanks for your answer. I do have the name of the chiefs that are traced to both tribes. They are the same chiefs. I know the Little River Band is out of Manistee and the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indian's are out of Grand Rapids. I was trying to understand the difference, but maybe the Little River Band is an offshoot of The Grand River Bands. Maybe, just as your saying, they broke away. If your mom does know other information please let me know. Jenni gpenn54@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy McFarland To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 6:58 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] Grand River Band vs Little River Band Hi Jenni, My family is a member of the Little River Band and this is what I understand is the difference. A part of the Grand River Band wanted to break away and established that if you were decended from these certain cheifs (I think there were 6 of them) you would be a part of the Little River Band. Little River achieved federal recognition as you know while Grand River is still struggling to organize themselves as I understand. My mom has the details on which chiefs they were talking about if you would like to know, I can get the info from her. Nancy > Does anyone know the modern day difference between The Little River Band and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians? I am confused because they both trace to the same chiefs. > > Jenni ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237