Eduardo "Rix" Robinson (August 28, 1789 – January 12, 1875) was an American fur trader and politician.

[2] He moved to the large outpost of Detroit in the Michigan Territory where United States Troops were garrisoned and there was a prospering fur trade.

He traveled with the soldiers to Detroit, Mackinac Island, and Green Bay, all centers of the fur trade, where he had the opportunity to study the business first hand.

[6] Sebequay was a devout adherent to traditional Ottawa culture, and reportedly hated being called by her settler name, Nancy.

[7] Following the treaty, Robinson purchased hundreds of acres around the mouth of the Thornapple River for the Ottawa to continue living on.

[10] This treaty allowed for the wholesale development and settlement of the state and also had a devastating effect on the Native Americans.

By the time Michigan joined the union in 1837, Robinson, who was a wealthy man, had closed all his trading posts and was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of Internal Improvements.