Ojibwa people. While several other tribes were represented by their leaders, the Ojibwa lost the most territory in this treaty. Other tribes with people displaced in this treaty were the Ottawa and Potawatomi. Okemos and the other Native American chiefs signed the treaty with General Lewis Cass, giving up six million acres (24,000 km²) of land in what is now southern Michigan to the United States government. By the 1830s, Okemos was recognized as a leader not only of the Saginaw Chippewa, but of many other Ojibwa bands. He also acted as a leader of some Ottawa and Potawatomi groups who lived south of the Red Cedar River. A Michigan state historical marker in Meridian Township indicates the area where Okemos and his people lived during this time. Following the white settlement of the area beginning in 1839, Okemos and his people conducted an active trading business through the 1840s. By 1850, disregarding the Treaty of Saginaw, the United States government began moving Native Americans to reservations from the lands where Okemos led his people. In the early 1850s, Okemos moved to Ionia County, Michigan. Okemos died near DeWitt, Michigan in 1858. He is buried in the Native American mission village of Shim-ni-con in Ionia County. Legacy Okemos, Michigan is named in honor of Chief Okemos. There is a plaque erected in his honor at Central Elementary School in Okemos, MI. His tribe once occupied the land on which the school now stands. References Ashlee, Laura Rose (editor), Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers (revised edition), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005, p. 183-184. External links Portland Michigan Centennial Book (p.p. 2, 4 & 5). Retrieved on 2007-02-11. Ojibwe people Native American leaders Native American people of the Indian Wars Native Americans of the Northwest Indian War 1858 deaths People from Ingham County, Michigan People from Ionia County, Michigan Year of birth missing People from Shiawassee County, Michigan Native American people from Michigan