Dr, Rickert is a direct decendent of the Indian chief Ogema Wahbememe (Whitepigeon) for whom a village in Michigan is named. Her grandfather, Levi Whitepigeon is the young boy who is seated in the middle in the photo of the monument here.
According to legend, while he was at the gathering of the chiefs in Detroit, Wahbememe heard plans to attack the settlement which is now White Pigeon. The Ogema Wabememe was a friend to the white settlers and didn’t want to see harm come to them or to his own clan, so he set out on foot and ran almost 150 miles to the settlement to warn the people.
After running that long distance and giving his warning, he collapsed and soon died from exhaustion. His remains are buried in the town, and the site is now part of the National Register of Historic Places.
https://nativeheritageproject.com/2012/03/28/white-pigeon/
