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This re-enactment represents Chief Five Medals. My daughter, and I went here this morning, and I did get a few pictures.
This family represents the actual indian tribe at that time. This was laid out at a nature area, that I often visit, and I knew of Chief Five Medals, but there is just a little bit of information on him.
I did learn that he was trying to learn farming, but did have unkindly opposition by other indians because it was learning the white mans way! I do believe he was thinking of the future for his people.
.Here is some info. I managed to find on the local country parks web page.
The reenactment location will be near the site of Chief Five Medals Village from the 1760s to 1813. Five Medals was a prominent figure in negotiations between the Elkhart River Band of the Potawatomi and United States government. He signed the Treaty of Greenville in 1795 after the defeat of the Western Confederacy of Indian Nations in the Ohio Indian Wars. The village was destroyed in 1812 and 1813 by U.S. military during the War of 1812, but the community was abandoned during both campaigns. Remnants of the Five Medals Band lived in Elkhart County into the 1820s. The Woodland Indian village at the reenactment will pay tribute to the Elkhart River Band by showing examples of clothing, food, housing, and crafts practiced by the Potawatomi.
For what it's worth, if anyone met with hard times from the white man, In my opinion it was the Indian, they were a wonderful part of our american history.Thank you for your comments, and hope you have a nice day.
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