Noahquageshik

Noahquageshik (1755–1855) or (1770–1840), also spelled Nawehquageezhik or Nawehquageezhig, and better known as Chief Noonday, was a chief of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Nation Native Americans in what would be become the U.S. state of Michigan. During the War of 1812, he was allied with Tecumseh during the Battle of the Thames.

Noonday spent much of his life in Yankee Springs Township in western Michigan, and the Chief Noonday Outdoor Center and Chief Noonday Recreational Heritage Route in that area are named after him. In 2010, a bronze statue of Noonday was placed near Grand Valley State University's Eberhard Center, along the Grand River in Grand Rapids.