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Grand Traverse Band Dedicates Company K Memorial Highway Honoring Native Civil War Soldiers

Grand Traverse Band Dedicates Company K Memorial Highway Honoring Native Civil War Soldiers

PESHAWBESTOWN, Mich. — More than 300 Native Americans and allies gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Leelanau Sands Casino & Resort for the dedication of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Civil War Memorial Highway. The ceremony came 160 years after 139 Native Americans — primarily Odawa and Ojibwe men from northern Michigan who made up Company K…

by Levi Rickert May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

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