8/9/2019 Batchewana First Nation to repatriate remains of ancestors dug up and taken in 1850

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WELCOMING BACK OUR ANCESTORS!August 19th 2010 11:00am Bellevue Park1:00pm Goulais Mission

RemainsofourAncestorsarecominghomewheretheybelong!

In1850staffatFortBradyMichiganexcavatedtherestingplaceofourAncestorsforthe

purposeofperformingscientificexperiments.Theseremains,somehow,forsomeunexplainedreason,

arenowbeingheldattheSmithsonianinWashingtonDC.

ItwasnotuntiltheSaultTribeinMichiganwereplanningtorepatriatedsomeoftheirown

AncestorswhentheywerenotifiedaboutBFNhavingremainsonsite,attheSmithsonian.

BatchewanaFirstNationincollaborationwithSaultTribehavebeenworkingcloselyforthepast

5yearstobringthemhome.Theprocessforthereleaseoftheremainsisalongonebutwithouruniquehistoricalbackground,andourhandeddownteachings,ourAncestorswereeasilyidentifiedas

BatchewanaFirstNation,objectsburiedwiththem,andthetraditionalmarkingsofourceremonies

wereclearlypresent.

WeaskallBatchewanaFirstNationMemberscomeouttosee,

feel,andbreathe,thetraditionalteachingsthroughceremony,andto

bepartofthishistoricalevent!

Tentativeagenda:

MondayAugust16,2010AvanwillberentedtodrivetheselectedindividualstoWashingtonDCtoreceivethe

remainsandtransportthembacktoSaultMichigan

ThursdayAugust192010Theremainsofourancestorswillbeplaceinatraditionallybuiltbirchbarkcanoetofinish

thejourneyhomeacrosstheSt.MariesRiver,arrivingatBellevueParkatapproximately

11am.WeareaskingallBatchewanaFirstNationMemberstoattendBellevueParktohelp

usreceiveorancestorsbackhome.

FollowingthegatheringatBellevuePark,aprocessiontotheTraditionalBurialGroundsinGoulaisMissionwhereatraditionalburialceremonywilltakeplace

AGreatfeastwillfollowtheceremony

Allarewelcomeandencouragedtoattend!!!