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 Tribal Flag | |
 1800s Odawa family, Little Traverse Bay Bands | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Charlevoix and Emmet counties, Michigan, United States | |
| Languages | |
| Ojibwe (Ottawa dialect), English | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ottawa, Ojibwe, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples |
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBBOI, Ojibwe: Waganakising Odawa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Odawa. A large percentage of the more than 4000 tribal members continue to reside within the tribe's traditional homelands on the northwestern shores of the state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The historically delineated reservation area, located at 45°21′12″N 84°58′41″W / 45.35333°N 84.97806°W, encompasses approximately 336 square miles (870 km2) of land in Charlevoix and Emmet counties. The largest communities within the reservation boundaries are Harbor Springs (formerly known as L'Arbre Croche in the French colonial era), where the tribal offices are located; Petoskey, where the Tribe operates the Odawa Casino Resort; and Charlevoix.
This is one of three federally recognized tribes of Odawa people in Michigan, who total more than 9,000 people, and the only one named Odawa. The others are the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. Other bands with federal status include the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and several First Nations in Ontario, Canada.
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