~Pinery Indian Cemetery~

Theres a little town on the shores of Lake Superior called L'Anse. Its not

very big, but this is a park there on the side of the road. The geese you

can see were all over, looking for a handout of course. It was a lovely

spot. you can see part of Lake Superior there and if you look straight

across you can see the highway as it curves around the bottom of the

bay thats here. Across the lake is the road thru the town then the road

to what I think they call the Pinery Cemetery. The Indian Burial Ground.

I am not sure which tribe, when I looked it didnt say, but the tribes up

in that area were the Chippewa, which I am, and the Objiwa, and I cant

remember the others.There were quite a few up in that area.. I have

been to the one here and out at Chicagon Lake, the Pentoga Park has

a Indian Burial Ground too that is quite interesting..I dont have photos

of it though, like I do this one..

You see the car parked in the background..and the fence around this

grave, my mother is looking to her right.. see the tree there on that

side of the photo..I am pointing this out so that when you see the next

photo you can place them side by side and get some idea of what

the cemetery looked like.. The cemetery is quite big.. and I tried to get

the photos so that you would get some idea of how great this place

really is...

You can see my mom there on the right and the corner of the

fence.. see that tree right there by the corner of the fence..its

the same one that is in the top picture...You can put them

side by side and get an idea of how it looked there..

This cemetery was out in the middle of the forest at the end of

a long narrow road. The trees are tall pines..You cant even see

the tops of them in these photos they were so big..the sun would

filter thru at different spots all the time..it was so nice to see.. Its

a very beautiful place and very quiet, all you can hear is a bird

once in a while..or if it is windy the sound of the pine treetops

scraping together. Some of the graves are newer and have

a headstone. Some of the houses had to be refurbished as

they were in really bad shape..They got some real old wood

from some old buildings I think and redid some of the roofs

that were really bad..

The size of the house is how I think you could tell who is buried,

an adult or a child..I noticed that there were quite a few small

ones and there seemed to be no special sizes in certain spots,

they were all sizes mixed together.

You can see the car in the background, which will give you

some idea as far as distance. It was quite a large place,

and in each photo you can see how the sun cast such

great shadows, we were there at a great time of day which

was just past noon...Inside the houses they would put things

that the person buried there liked and sometimes even food.

It was really interesting to read about it..I spent hours there at

alot of different websites to try to find the name of this place

and I think its Pinery Cemetery, I am not positive though..and

the site didnt name what Indian tribe it was that was buried

here. I know somewhere in this area is a Chippewa Tribe

Cemetery and I am supposedly Chippewa, on my birth

mothers side, and I possibly I am not sure, I am trying to find

out thru some friends in the UK..My mother that adopted me

was born in the UK, so were both her parents, I could have

possible dual citizenship? Now--- would THAT be kewl or

what??? lol... I would like to know.

I have so many things I would like to dig around and find out

about but talk about road blocks..they want to charge you for

every little piece of information, make it hard for someone like

me that has to get everything free lol.. well....there are alot of us

out there, that need the freebies lol... I have some free Tuna

macaroni Salad, that Raelynn just brought me and I had a taste

of it before I started writing this,, and let me tell you IS IT GOOD!

It really is..so THAT is the freebie Im headed for RIGHT NOW lol..

but first.. I gotta say..Nitey Nite...

Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? Luv Ya, and Thanks.. :-)

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..