This month, members of the Menominee Nation gathered to bury their ancestors on reservation land in northeastern Wisconsin.
That reburial came six decades after most of those humans remains were taken from a burial site overlooking the Menominee River, in the town now known as Menominee, Michigan.
Before that reburial ceremony, tribal members gathered at noon on Nov. 14 for a feast. The atmosphere during that gathering wasn’t sad, said David Grignon, the historic preservation director for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
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“It was more of a celebration that we got these remains back and that we could return them back to the earth,” Grignon said. “They’ve been sitting on a museum shelf and on university shelves. It gave us the opportunity to rebury them, and let them continue their journey in the spirit world.”…