- Date
- 1908-08
- Kind
- Burial
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religionheritagereligioncommunication
- Within
- Garden Island
Summary
The September 2008 Beacon reprinted a September 3, 1908 Charlevoix Sentinel account of a funeral on Garden Island. The article describes a procession from the settlement to the cemetery, a priest’s Ojibwa-language liturgy, and grave shelters associated with earlier generations, including one the article connected with Chief Peaine.
Evidence limits
This is a historical newspaper reprint using the source’s period terminology. The exact date of the burial is not stated beyond the article’s reference to the previous Wednesday, and this record does not substitute for a cemetery, church, or civil register.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "An Indian Funeral."Reprints a Charlevoix Sentinel article dated September 3, 1908, describing a Garden Island funeral for a boy reportedly killed by a horse, the procession to the cemetery, Ojibwa-language liturgy, and older grave shelters including one identified by the article with Chief Peaine. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical newspaper reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Garden Island community holds a funeral after a boy is killed by a horse, 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garden-island-funeral-1908/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2008, "An Indian Funeral." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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