Republished with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
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https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/2024-02-04/we-have-always-been-there-story-of-burt-lake-band-preserved-in-new-book
On the top of a hill, overlooking an icy Burt Lake, Ken Parkie walks through a small cemetery filled with a few dozen white crosses.
He scans the land, looking for signs of an old settlement. He points across Chickagami Trail to a group of trees.