Katikitegoning is the Chippewa name for the beautiful lake now known as Lac Vieux Desert.

The Lake Superior Chippewa Indians have cared for this land since at least 1791. They are a nation of wise and intelligent leaders, non-obtrusive, talkative and happy people.

The tribe originally lived on South Island in Lac Vieux Desert until they moved to the south shore of the lake around 1880.

Fishing, hunting and gathering natural foods has sustained the members of the Lac Vieux Desert Band for years.

After the treaty of 1854, a large portion of the Lac Vieux Desert Band returned to this village from the established reservation at L''Anse. When the ceded Indian lands were placed on public sale, the Indians of Katikitegon pooled part of the yield of their winter hunting and took the furs to the Public Land Office in Marquette to purchase the land they were living on.