This document provides an overview of Michigan's geography, early history, and native peoples. It notes that Michigan is located in the Midwest region known as the East North Central area within the Great Lakes region. The document then discusses Michigan's early inhabitants, including Paleo-Indians who migrated over 12,000 years ago, and subsequent Archaic and Woodland period native cultures like the Mound Builders who constructed ceremonial burial mounds between 300 BC to 500 AD and traded with other groups.