Noquet
A Michigan Historical Marker mentioning the Noquet at Little Bay de Noc | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| No longer exists as a distinct tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) | |
| Languages | |
| Noquet (extinct) | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Menominee, Ojibwe, Odawa |
The Noquet (/ˈnoʊkeɪ/, also spelled Nocquet, Noque, or Noc among others) were a group of Native Americans who lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They spoke their own language in the Algonquian family, and are believed to have been most closely related to, and subsequently absorbed by, the Menominee people.
Their name lives on in various places they inhabited throughout the peninsula, including Big Bay de Noc, Little Bay de Noc, Bay de Noc Township, and the Noquemanon River (today known as the Dead River), in addition to Lake Noquebay in northern Wisconsin. The group's name is believed to have come from a Proto-Algonquian phrase meaning 'bear claw' or 'bear foot'. As of the 1800s, there remain no Native Americans who are recognized or identified as Noquet, either individually or collectively.