Cabin at Indian Point

Missionaries taught this style of home to the Annishinaabe, including the Ottawa, Ojibway and Potawatomi, to help them assimilate into Western culture. This cabin is believed to be one that survived the Burn-Out of the Burt Lake Band at Indian Point. On October 15, 1900 the Native community was removed from their property over tax disputes by Sheriff Fred Ming and ten deputies at the request of land developer John McGinn. Following the Burn-Out, Frank Mundt moved the cabin to his farm, where he used it as an ice house and later for storage. In 1972, the Mundts donated the cabin to the Cheboygan County Historical Society, and it was moved to this location and renovated with a cement floor and repairs so it could be properly displayed.

Cheboygan, Michigan · United States