Okemos, Michigan is named after Chief Okemos. Unlike many Michigan site names, like Alpena, which sounds Indian but is actually an Indian-like construct of Henry Schoolcraft, Okemos was real. He was Oakland County Ojibwe and some Ottawa on his mother’s side. There were rumors he was related to Pontiac.
His longevity is legendary, especially sin…
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