Michigan hopes Chinese get smitten by 'the mitten'
By Erik Nilsson | China Daily | Updated: 2015-09-09 08:00
Michigan's dunes are made of dead bears.
According to Chippewa legend, fire or famine forced a mother and two cubs to swim eastward across Lake Michigan to seek refuge.
Her offspring drowned a few kilometers offshore, becoming the North and South Manitou Islands. The mom died of despair on the beach, becoming the Sleeping Bear Dune.
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