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As of 2012, the Indian populations of Farmington Hills and Troy are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States. [2] As of the 2000 U.S. Census there were 39,527 people with origins from post-partition India (Indians and Indian Americans ) in Metro Detroit, [ 3 ] making them the largest Asian ethnic group in the Wayne ...
Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, which he denies.
Hugh Brady (July 29, 1768 – April 15, 1851) was an American general from Pennsylvania. He served in the Northwest Indian War under General Anthony Wayne , and during the War of 1812 . Following the War of 1812, Brady remained in the military, eventually rising to the rank of major general and taking command of the garrison at Detroit .
Henry Charles Boucha (/ ˈ b uː ʃ eɪ / BOO-shay; [1] June 1, 1951 – September 18, 2023) was a Native American professional ice hockey player. Boucha played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1971 and 1977.
Anthony Joseph Giacalone (January 9, 1919 – February 23, 2001), also known as Tony Jack, was a Sicilian-American organized crime figure in Detroit.He served as a capo in the Detroit Partnership, and later as a street boss.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Indigenous peoples of the United States This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2024) Ethnic group Native Americans ...
In 1791, he probably led members of the Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi contingent at the St. Clair's Defeat, the most severe defeat ever suffered by the United States at the hands of American Indians. In 1794, Egushawa was seriously wounded in the American Indian defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in the future Ohio, north of the Maumee ...
On August 13, 2018, Detroit city officials announced that they would grant $500,000 to purchase and rehabilitate the Sweet home and the two houses across the street. [9] The Ossian Sweet Historic area is the site of deadly 1925 racial incident after the black family moved into the all-white neighborhood on Detroit's east side.