Nemadji Wisconsin Point Burial Tour

Barrett Chase Aug 14, 2009 3 Comments

Ever wonder what happened to all the remains from the old Indian cemetery on Wisconsin Point? According to this YouTube video, over 100 burials were “dumped” along the banks of the Nemadji River at the St. Francis Cemetery in Superior. Their bones and artifacts crop up to this day as the banks continue to erode.

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3 Comments

woodtick

about 15 years ago 

This is again a possible reminder of how our indigenous brothers and sisters were treated not just during their lives but after as well.  Dumping brush and clay on an eroding sacred site?  F'ing baffling.  Also somehow fitting.

Kaelic

about 15 years ago 

Ugh.  I feel sick.  Some assholes have no respect.

Paul Lundgren

about 14 years ago 

Wisconsin Public Radio's Mike Simonson reported today that the federal government might return part of Wisconsin Point to the Fond du Lac band of Ojibwe. 

You can read the text of the story, courtesy of Gitche Gumee Gamut:

Osaugie family seeks return of Wisconsin Point land from feds

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