Noahquageshik

Over the coming decades, it was violently enforced by the United States against the neighboring Potawatomi in what was later called the Trail of Death.

[6] However, after an especially harsh winter and a year-long outbreak of smallpox, the Grand River Ottawa's negotiation position was severely weakened.

The resulting treaty, in which the Ottawa agreed to sell the Grand River lands to the United States in exchange for five-year reservations in west and northwest Michigan, regular annuities, hunting rights, and access to a blacksmith, Western farming implements, and various other amenities to help smooth any integration efforts, was only loosely followed by both its parties.

Noahquageshik was criticized by other members of the Grand River Ottawa for receiving and spending treaty annuities dispensed by the missionaries there.

Part of the Grand Rapids Community Legends Program, the statue is one of 25 planned sculptures intended to educate the public about local historical figures.