The Cheboygan County Historical Museum in Michigan has removed a marker that paid tribute to a sheriff who burned out a village of the Burt Lake Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

The tribe protested when the sign was put up in September. Chairman Curt Chambers said tribal members were "outraged" because of sheriff Ming's actions in the 1900s.

A new sign will be erected with language approved by the tribe, the state Historic Preservation Office and the Historical Society of Cheboygan County. A second, more detailed market will explain how the tribe was evicted from its village.

The tribe is not federally recognized and was denied earlier this year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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