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71-508: According to various narratives surrounding the figure, Detroit's founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was told by a fortuneteller to appease the Nain Rouge, but he instead attacked it with his cane and shouted, "Get out of my way, you red imp!" As a consequence, a string of bad luck befell Cadillac; he was charged with abuse of power and reassigned to Louisiana, later returning to France where he

142-640: A Jesuit institution where he learned theology, the law, agriculture, botany and zoology. In a record of service he filled out in 1675, he said that he had enlisted in the military as a cadet at the age of 17 in the Dampierre regiment, in Charleroi , nowadays Belgium. Two years later in personal letters, however, he reported that he had been an officer in the Clérambault regiment in Thionville , and in 1682 he had joined

213-455: A Juris Doctor degree from its law school in 1983. As a Democrat , Duggan has served as an appointed and an elected official in Wayne County, Michigan , beginning in 1986 as Wayne County's assistant corporation counsel. He was deputy County Executive from 1987 to 2001 under Edward H. McNamara , and was elected prosecutor in 2000. He also served as the interim general manager of SMART ,

284-460: A $ 203 million plan to provide affordable housing for Detroit residents. The money got divided between seven services and programs, including homeowner assistance programs, apartment building rehabs, and a Detroit Housing Services division. The goal is to convert vacant apartment buildings into rental housing, expedite the approval process for affordable housing projects, help landlords bring properties into compliance, and more. Duggan believes this plan

355-463: A French port. In 1683, Antoine Laumet arrived at Port Royal , the capital of Acadia . During the next four years, he wandered from New England to New Holland , pushing south to the Caroline, now North Carolina and South Carolina, and while learning some Native American languages and habits. He probably entered into a business relationship with Denis Guyon , a merchant of Quebec . On June 25, 1687, at

426-428: A demolition program that was ambitious, but controversial. Duggan also focused on relighting the city's streetlights, a task in which he saw significant success and built upon efforts initiated by his mayoral predecessor Dave Bing . Duggan had pledged to create a municipally-owned insurance company, dubbed "D Insurance". He advocated hard in 2015 for a bill that would create such a program, but it failed to pass in

497-487: A hero until the 1950s and the rise of liberal scholarship, but more recent writers have criticized him. One, W. J. Eccles, claims that "he most definitely was not one of the 'great early heroes' and probably deserves to be ranked with the 'worst scoundrels ever to set foot in New France'." Cadillac was born Antoine Laumet on March 5, 1658, in the small town of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave in the province of Gascony (today in

568-424: A land value tax during the 2023 legislative session. If approved by the state legislature, a land value tax would go before Detroit voters for a citywide vote in order to be enacted. In 2023, Detroit experienced its first year of net population growth since 1957 (per Census Bureau estimates). When he first ran for mayor, Duggan had pledged to reverse the city's trend of population loss. For several years before

639-499: A new office intended to provide residents facing eviction with legal counsel. In 2023, Duggan proposed a land value tax , which would double the tax rate paid by owners of vacant or abandoned property. This proposal would first have to be adopted by the Michigan legislature in order to be considered for the City of Detroit. State Representative Stephanie Young introduced legislation to create

710-460: A ship owned by his brothers-in-law Guyon. In 1689, he was sent on an expedition in the vicinity of Boston. Upon his return, he asked the governor of Acadia, Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Méneval , for a job as notary, to bring in a minimum income; his request was turned down. Then, Cadillac was introduced to the governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac in Quebec, who sent him on an exploratory mission along

781-507: A specialist in early American and Native American history, says "My personal feeling is it's really not quite as simple as just European colonists appropriating some Native American spirit ... I think, and it seems to be demonstrable in the historical record, that the Nain that we know in Detroit today probably has both French and Native traditions sort of wrapped up in it." Grandjean says the Nain Rouge

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852-523: Is "one of the most comprehensive strategies for providing affordable housing." However, the $ 203 million is not an annual allocation and is only for 2022. In addition to this plan, the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund (DHFF) aims to preserve existing affordable housing. In January 2022, the fund received a $ 10 million donation from KeyBank. The goal is to raise $ 75 million, and with this contribution,

923-638: Is a defender of sorts for “those on the losing end of history ... Historically, the Nain Rouge has mostly been a menace to those in power.” The Nain Rouge legend has become an enduring part of the folklore of the Detroit area. Detroit Beer Company , a brewpub in Downtown Detroit , has as its signature brew a "Detroit Dwarf" lager, named in honor of the Nain Rouge. In 2015 Woodberry Wine, a distributor and wholesaler of fine wines and Kindred Vines Import Company, an importer of French and Italian wines both based out of

994-535: Is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician serving as the 75th mayor of Detroit , Michigan since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party , Duggan previously served as the Wayne County Prosecutor from 2001 to 2004, and as the deputy county executive of Wayne County from 1987 to 2001. Duggan received national attention following his election in 2013 , in part for being the first white mayor of

1065-530: Is an event called the Marche du Nain Rouge where hundreds of people chase the Nain Rouge out of the city and burn them in effigy. The Nain Rouge first appeared in Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin's 1883 book Legends of Le Détroit, where she described the Nain Rouge as a dwarf, "very red in the face, with a bright, glistening eye," and with "a grinning mouth displaying sharp, pointed teeth". The Nain Rouge

1136-634: The Albret regiment, in Thionville. At the age of 25, Antoine Laumet fled from France for North America. His father lost a lawsuit against a lawyer in Castelsarrasin that caused him financial difficulties. In addition, he had lost financial support following the death of Cardinal Mazarin and suffered the current intolerance against Protestants. Laumet may have immigrated illegally, as historians have not found his name on any passenger list of ships departing from

1207-609: The Bastille for five months. They were released in 1718, and Cadillac was decorated with the Order of Saint Louis to reward his 30 years of loyal services. He settled in the paternal home, where he dealt with his parents' estate. He also made many trips to Paris to have his rights to the concession on the straits recognized. He prolonged his stay in Paris in 1721, giving another general power of attorney to his wife to sign documents in his absence. He

1278-516: The Battle of Bloody Run , where 58 British soldiers were killed by Native Americans from Chief Pontiac 's Ottawa tribe. Supposedly, the Nain Rouge "danced among the corpses" on the banks of the Detroit River after the battle, and the river "turned red with blood" for days after. According to the tale, all the misfortunes of Governor and General William Hull leading to the surrender of Detroit in

1349-548: The Illinois Country (Upper Louisiana), where they claimed to have discovered a copper mine, although there is no copper ore in that area. They established a farm and founded the settlement of St. Philippe on the east side of the Mississippi River. Cadillac directed the first mining of lead in present-day Missouri at what is now called Mine La Motte on the west side of the river. The French brought in slaves to work at

1420-645: The Michigan Legislature . Duggan drastically increased the number of parks that receive regular maintenance, which increased from 25 parks in 2013 to 275 by 2017 per reporting by the mayor's office. Towards the end of his first term, Duggan established Detroit's first office of sustainability which focuses on creating green, sustainable spaces in Detroit and preparing against climate change affects. The office of sustainability then established Detroit's first Sustainability Action Agenda in June 2019. Joel Howrani Heeres

1491-579: The Order of Saint Louis from King Louis XIV . The Jesuits in Canada, however, accused him of perverting the Native Americans with his alcohol trading, and he was imprisoned for a few months in Quebec in 1704, and again in the Bastille on his return to France in 1717. Upon his arrival in America, La Mothe adopted his title after the town of Cadillac, Gironde in southwestern France. The city of Detroit became

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1562-577: The Tarn-et-Garonne , Occitanie ). His father, Jean Laumet, was born in the village of Caumont-sur-Garonne . He became a lawyer in the Parliament of Toulouse . In 1652 Jean was appointed lieutenant to the judge of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave by Cardinal Mazarin . He was appointed as a judge in 1664. Antoine's mother, Jeanne Péchagut, was the daughter of a merchant and landowner. La Mothe's adult correspondence reveals that his youth included rigorous study at

1633-485: The United States Census Bureau 's estimates registered this population growth in the city, Duggan had contended that they were miscalculating the city's population trends and that the city had been already regaining populace, going as far as to file lawsuits alleging that the bureau had undercounted the city's population. Duggan was married to Mary Loretto "Lori" Maher. In May 2019, Duggan and Maher released

1704-576: The War of 1812 are blamed on the Nain Rouge. Several sightings were later reported during the 20th century. Two utility workers claim to have seen the creature just before the 1967 Detroit riots , and supposedly, it was also seen before an ice storm in 1976. There are no records that indicate the legend of the Nain Rouge existed in the 18th century, when Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was in authority in Detroit. The earliest record, Hamlin's Legends of Le Détroit , wasn't published until 1883, 180 years after Cadillac

1775-475: The majority-black city since Roman Gribbs in the early 1970s, when Detroit's population still had a white majority. Duggan was reelected mayor in 2017 and 2021 . In 2020, he enjoyed an approval rating of over 68%, the highest approval rating of any mayor of Detroit. In November 2024, Duggan announced that he would not seek reelection as mayor. Duggan was born in Detroit on July 15, 1958, to Patrick J. Duggan and Joan Colosimo. His paternal grandfather

1846-567: The Detroit folklore legend of the Nain Rouge. The film is described as "an experimental decolonial Detroit demonology deepfake dream dance documentary." It was awarded "Best Animation Film" at the 2024 Absurd Film Festival in Italy. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac ( / ˈ k æ d ɪ l æ k / , French: [kadijak] ; March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730), born Antoine Laumet ,

1917-511: The English admiral William Phips had seized the city, and that his wife, daughter, and son were being held captives. They were released in exchange for some English prisoners. In 1691, Cadillac repatriated his family to Quebec, but their ship was attacked by a privateer out of Boston, who took possession of all their goods. Cadillac was promoted to lieutenant in 1692. He was sent with the cartographer Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin to draw charts of

1988-592: The Incinerator would be demolished. The company tasked with the demolition estimated that the demolition would produce a revenue of $ 1.3 million in salvaged metals and other materials for the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA). In November 2022, Duggan announced changes to key staff in his administration. One of the initiatives Duggan is focusing on is affordable housing. Mayor Duggan and other city Council Members developed

2059-509: The Metro-Detroit area introduced "Nain Rouge Red"; a French red wine blend named after the Nain Rouge dwarf. Each Spring since 2010, a costumed parade called the Marche du Nain Rouge has been held in Detroit, in which a person dressed like the Nain Rouge is chased out of the city. And then an effigy of the Nain Rouge is burned, in what the organizers describe as "banishing the evil spirit from

2130-435: The Nain Rouge was a Native American Earth spirit, a protector of Detroit. They turned him into a devil." Hundreds of people attend the event. The 2014 parade included a speech from Alexis Wiley, a representative for Mayor Mike Duggan , the first white mayor of the majority-black city since the early 1970s. Devil's Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge is a 2019 English language feature film directed by Sam Logan Khaleghi based on

2201-526: The New England coastline in preparation for a French attack on the English colonies. He set out again for France to hand over the charts, together with a report, to the Secretary of State Pontchartrain . In 1693, he got an allowance of 1500 pounds for his work and was sent back on a further mission to supplement his observations. Frontenac promoted him to captain, then lieutenant commander in 1694. Cadillac

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2272-401: The Parliament of Toulouse . He knew him for at least two reasons: Bardigues , Cadillac, Launay and Le Moutet are villages and localities close to his birthplace, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, and Antoine's father Jean Laumet was a lawyer in the Parliament of Toulouse . The sons likely encountered each other during their studies. Second son in his family, Laumet identified with the second son of

2343-670: The Toulouse-born financier Antoine Crozat to invest in Louisiana. In June 1713, the Cadillac family arrived at Fort Louis , Louisiana (now Mobile, Alabama), after a tiring crossing. In 1714, Crozat recommended the construction of forts along the Mississippi River , whereas Cadillac wished to strengthen defenses at the mouth of the River and to develop trade with nearby Spanish colonies . In 1715, Cadillac and his son Joseph prospected in

2414-791: The age of 29, he married Guyon's daughter, Marie-Thérèse, 17, in Quebec. The marriage certificate is the first document that records his new identity. He identified as " Antoine de Lamothe, écuyer, sieur de Cadillac ", and signed as " De Lamothe Launay ". Like many immigrants, he took advantage of emigrating to the New World to create a new identity, perhaps to conceal the reasons that drove him from France. This new identity " ne sort pas de son sac " ("I did not create this identity out of nowhere"), as he wrote later. Antoine Laumet likely remembered Sylvestre d'Esparbes de Lussan de Gout, baron of Lamothe-Bardigues , lord of Cadillac , Launay and Le Moutet ; adviser to

2485-518: The area of the Great Lakes and to draw up charts. He had the idea of starting a fort in the straits between Lakes Erie and Huron to compete with the English. In Michilimackinac, he came into conflict with the Jesuit fathers, such as Étienne de Carheil , who accused him of supplying alcohol to the Native Americans. This was prohibited by a royal decree. In 1696, to mitigate the difficulties of fur trading,

2556-737: The baron. He used the phonic similarity between his own name and that of Launay, creating the name: Antoine de Lamothe-Launay. He took the title of écuyer (squire), the rank held by a family's second son, followed by the title sieur (sire) of Cadillac. This accorded with the Gascon custom whereby the junior family member succeeds the elder son upon the latter's death. Laumet created a new name, identity and noble origin, while protecting himself from possible recognition by persons who knew him in France. In addition, he presented his own titles of nobility, as illustrated by armorial bearings that he created by associating

2627-418: The city began issuing Detroit ID, a municipal identification card , which helps enable residents without a social security number to access city services and some banks. Despite his pledge to quickly reverse the trend, Detroit had continued to see overall depopulation. During his first term, Duggan developed a reputation as a capable technocrat . During his first term, the municipal government's authority

2698-445: The city for another year". The parade participants wear masked costumes, supposedly so the Nain Rouge will not recognize them. Critics have protested the banishment parade, arguing that the Nain Rouge is being unfairly blamed for the city's problems, and no one should be banished from the city, particularly those who have been there the longest and who are being targeted based on the color of their skin. One protester has said "Originally

2769-566: The city has reached $ 65 million of that goal. Just recently, in October, the DHFF completed its second project in Midtown, which involved renovating a historic apartment building. Renovations included upgrading the electric, plumbing, and replacing the roof. To further assist Detroit's residents, Duggan's administration named April Faith-Slaker as the executive director of the city's Office of Eviction Defense,

2840-456: The city of Detroit ); he was commandant of the fort until 1710. Between 1710 and 1716, he was the governor of Louisiana , although he did not arrive in that territory until 1713. His knowledge of the coasts of New England and the Great Lakes area was appreciated by Frontenac , governor of New France, and Pontchartrain , Secretary of State for the Navy. This earned him various favors, including

2911-433: The city of New Orleans , near the mouth of the Mississippi River, in 1718, and it became a major port and city of New France. The straits became a strategic location. Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit enjoyed an ideal location between the Great Lakes and the river basins. The fort would be succeeded by Fort Detroit and Fort Wayne and by Fort Amherstburg and Fort Malden on the opposite shore. The car brand Cadillac

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2982-645: The city the dubious honor of the "Golden Padlock Award", recognizing them as the most secretive United States agency or individual. During the COVID-19 pandemic , Duggan was credited with having implemented efforts such as mass testing. In March 2021, Duggan initially declined to order 6,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine , saying that he believed the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were better options. After backlash, Duggan declared he would no longer decline

3053-422: The coasts of New England, aboard the frigate L'Embuscade ( The Ambush ). Strong head winds forced the ship to return to France. In 1690, Cadillac was in Paris. He became part of the circle of the Secretary of State for the Navy, the marquis de Seignelay , then of his successor Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain , who appointed him officer of marine troops. On his return to Port Royal, LaMothe learned that

3124-429: The creature of the same name. The film marks the debut of Eminem 's younger brother Nathan Kane Mathers. Swifty McVay , of the hip hop group D12 , played the role of the mayor of Detroit and composed the song “Scariest Thing" for the film. Artist Eric Millikin has been creating work based on the Nain Rouge since at least the early 2000s. His The Dance of the Nain Rouge is a 2023 short animated documentary film about

3195-639: The first time in four decades. Duggan encountered a controversy after, in December 2019, the Detroit Office of the Inspector found that three top municipal officials, including his chief of staff Alexis Wiley, had ordered public employees to erase emails having to do with to the nonprofit organization Make Your Date. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel launched an investigation into this. In September 2020, Investigative Reporters and Editors awarded Duggan and

3266-502: The following year. However, he failed to qualify for the ballot because he filed less than a year after establishing residency in the city; if he had waited two more weeks to file—which still would have met the filing deadline—he would have qualified. Instead, he mounted a write-in campaign , and received 52% of the vote in the August primary election. Under Detroit's two-round system , the two highest vote-getters run against one another in

3337-640: The general election, which meant that Duggan ran against second-place finisher Benny Napoleon , who had won 29% of the vote. Duggan ran with the campaign slogan, "Every neighborhood has a future", on a platform of financial turnaround, crime reduction, and economic development. He received 55% of the vote in the general election in November, becoming the first white mayor of the now-majority-black city since Roman Gribbs , who served from 1970 to 1974. Duggan focused, during his first term, on improvements to emergency services response times and bus services. He also saw

3408-409: The governor Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville gave him the concession of the seigniory (estate) of Les Douacques (which later became the town of Bar Harbor, Maine , well known today as a tourist town, but then for fishing and lobsters). His concession brought him no income, even from agriculture. Lamothe entered into a trading partnership with officers of Port Royal, an activity facilitated by using

3479-410: The king ordered the closing of all trading posts, including Michilimackinac. Cadillac returned to Montreal . In 1697, he was authorized to return to France to present his project of a new fort on the strait to the Secretary of State Pontchartrain ; Frontenac requested that he be promoted to lieutenant commander. However, Canadian notables strongly opposed the project which, they believed, would lead to

3550-616: The mine; they were the first people of African descent in the future state of Missouri. The production of lead was important for ammunition in the colonies. The Southeast Missouri Lead District is still a major source of that metal. After many arguments, Crozat withdrew any authority Cadillac had in the company. The following year, he ordered Cadillac removed from colonial office. The Cadillac family returned to France and, in 1717, settled in La Rochelle . Cadillac went to Paris with his son Joseph. They were arrested immediately and imprisoned in

3621-520: The monopoly of all fur-trading activities and the transfer to his authority of the American tribes in the area of the straits. He became a shareholder in the "Company of the Colony." After return to the straits, he helped in welcoming and settling the native tribes formerly installed at Michillimakinac. A fire devastated Fort Pontchartrain in 1703. This disaster destroyed all the registers and records. Cadillac

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3692-637: The public French high school in Windsor, Ontario, was renamed in Cadillac's honour. During the first decade of the 20th century, a street in the Guybourg area in Longue-Pointe (now Mercier ) on the island of Montreal was named in honour of Cadillac. In 1976, Cadillac station on the green line of the Montreal Metro was opened at this street. Mike Duggan Michael Edward Duggan (born July 15, 1958)

3763-527: The region's public transit authority, from 1992 to 1996. Beginning in 2004, Duggan was president and CEO of the Detroit Medical Center . He was in this position when the formerly nonprofit DMC was sold to publicly traded Vanguard Health Systems in 2010. In 2012, Duggan resigned his position at the DMC and moved from the suburb of Livonia to the city of Detroit, intending to run for the office of mayor

3834-414: The responses to the pandemic. In December 2021, Duggan led efforts to demolish the abandoned former American Motors Headquarters building. After being demolished, the land is intended to be used for a redevelopment project to boost the local economy. Duggan was re-elected for a third term in the 2021 Detroit mayoral election . In the first few months, Duggan unveiled a new proposed city budget, which

3905-521: The ruin of Quebec and Montreal. Only in 1699 did Cadillac get the support of Pontchartrain to implant the new fort; this was authorized in 1700 by the king, who entrusted its command to Cadillac. On July 24, 1701, Antoine de La Mothe-Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain and the parish of Sainte-Anne on the straits (" le détroit " in French). He was helped by Alphonse de Tonti. Their wives joined them in October. In 1702, Cadillac went back to Quebec to request

3976-613: The shield with the three «  merlettes  » (birds with no legs or bill) of the baron de Lamothe-Bardigues and that of the Virès family (of France's Languedoc region). The marriage proved to be a fertile one. The Lamothe-Cadillac couple had six daughters and seven sons: Judith (1689), Magdeleine (1690), Marie Anne (1701), ? (1702), Marie-Thérèse (1704), Marie-Agathe (December 1707) and Joseph (1690), Antoine (1692), Jacques (1695), Pierre-Denis (1699–1700), Jean-Antoine (January 1707 – 1709), François (1709), René-Louis (1710–1714). In 1688,

4047-457: The troops stationed on the straits were given the order to return to Montreal. In 1710, the king named Cadillac governor of La Louisiane , the expansive Louisiana (New France) territory, and ordered him to take up his duties immediately, traveling via the Mississippi River . Cadillac did not obey. He drew up a general inventory of the straits, and then, in 1711, boarded a ship, with his family, bound for France. In Paris, in 1712, he convinced

4118-600: The vaccine. Duggan spent much of the last days of his second term managing the city’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. Throughout the early months of 2021, access to the vaccine was expanded in the city. He also addressed concerns about the vaccine from the majority black population of the city. Duggan, when questioned about issues with the vaccine rollout, blamed the failures largely on the federal government. In February 2021, Duggan went to Washington D.C. to meet with other state and local leaders and President Joe Biden to discuss

4189-505: The world center of automobile production in the 20th century. William H. Murphy and Henry M. Leland founded the Cadillac auto company and paid homage to him by using his name for their company and his self-created armorial bearings as its logo in 1902. Various places bear his name in America, in particular Cadillac Mountain in Maine and the town of Cadillac, Michigan . He was widely hailed as

4260-639: Was a French explorer and adventurer in New France , which stretched from Eastern Canada to Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico . He rose from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a trader of alcohol and furs, achieving various positions of political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace, Michigan , in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (which became

4331-585: Was appointed commander of all the stations of the Pays d'En-Haut (the upper countries). He left France at the peak of his career to take up his command of Fort de Buade or Michilimackinac , which controlled all fur trading between Missouri, Mississippi, the Great Lakes, and the Ohio valley. Cadillac gave his wife power of attorney to sign contracts and notarize documents in his absence. In 1695, Cadillac traveled to explore

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4402-510: Was briefly imprisoned and eventually lost his fortune. The Nain Rouge is also known as "the Demon of the Strait." The Nain Rouge legend has become part of contemporary Detroit culture. There are several alcoholic drinks named after the Nain Rouge, and the legend has been the basis for the films Devil's Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge and Eric Millikin 's The Dance of the Nain Rouge. Each Spring, there

4473-699: Was finally vindicated in 1722. He sold his estate on the straits to Jacques Baudry de Lamarche , a Canadian. The French government appointed Cadillac as governor and mayor of Castelsarrasin , close to his birthplace. Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac died on October 16, 1730, in Castelsarrasin ( Occitanie ), "around the midnight hour", at the age of 72. He was buried in a vault of the Carmelite Fathers' church. Some of Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac's far-reaching visions were developed after he had left New France . For instance, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded

4544-486: Was from County Kilkenny , Ireland moving to Detroit at the age of 18, and his paternal grandmother was the child of Irish and German immigrants. Duggan spent his first six years at a home on Stansbury Street on the city's west side before moving to nearby Livonia in 1963. He graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School , and then received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 1980, followed by

4615-408: Was limited by state oversight, with emergency manager Kevyn Orr overseeing the city's bankruptcy and finances. In the 2017 Detroit mayoral election , Duggan was re-elected in a landslide, taking 72% of the vote to challenger Coleman Young II 's 27%. In the spring of 2018, the city of Detroit was released from state oversight, giving its municipal government full control over its operations for

4686-506: Was named after him, and its headquarters was in Detroit, where Cadillac himself explored. Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was honored with a 3-cent stamp on July 24, 1951, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his landing at Detroit in 1701. The stamp's background design depicts Detroit's skyline as it appeared in 1951 and the foreground shows Cadillac's landing at Detroit in 1701. A museum in his birthplace opened in 1974, conceived of and funded by historians in Detroit. On April 20, 2016,

4757-460: Was named as the first Director and remained in the position until August, 2022. Detroit's unemployment rate by 2017 shrunk down to 7.5%, the lowest it had been since 2000. Duggan worked to create Detroit at Work, an online portal launched in 2017 which connects job seekers with employers and with job training. Duggan also created the "Grow Detroit’s Young Talent" program, a youth summer employment program that employed thousands of youth. In 2017,

4828-495: Was recalled to Quebec in 1704 to face charges of trafficking in alcohol and furs. Although he was imprisoned as a preventive measure for a few months, his name was cleared in 1705. The king guaranteed him all his titles and granted him the fur-trading monopoly he sought. Two years later, Cadillac was charged with multiple counts of abuse of authority; Pontchartrain appointed a representative, Daigremont , to investigate. He formulated an indictment against Cadillac in 1708. In 1709,

4899-460: Was said to have been cursed by the Nain Rouge. However, some claim that it originates in the early 1700s French settlement of Detroit, supposedly deriving from Norman French tales of the lutin , a type of hobgoblin . Some also claim that the Nain Rouge originated with supposed Native American legends of an "impish offspring of the Stone God". Wellesley College assistant professor Kate Grandjean,

4970-481: Was subsequently approved by the city council. Previously, during Duggan's second term as Mayor in 2019 the Detroit Incinerator built in 1989 was shut down. The Incinerator had caused many health problems in neighboring areas and was also a source of air pollution. During its last several years in operation, its pollution emissions were 750 times higher than the standards. On May 24, 2022 Duggan announced that

5041-426: Was then included in Charles M. Skinner's 1896 book Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land , described as "a shambling, red-faced creature, with a cold, glittering eye and teeth protruding from a grinning mouth." Legend holds that Nain Rouge's appearance would presage terrible events for the white people of the city, and foretell success for the Indigenous People. The creature is said to have appeared on July 30, 1763 before

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