IPR: Ancestral remains to be reburied at cemetery in Michigan

Wednesday, January 4, 2012  

"Human remains discovered at a construction site on Mackinac Island in November are being reburied this week. But an official on Mackinac Island says the city will not care for the new memorial site.

The bones were uncovered after the historic McNally Cottage was demolished by developers to make way for a new hotel. They are likely a mix of Native American and European ancestry and had been buried in an early Catholic cemetery before they were disturbed. They will reside in a portion of the new St. Anne's Catholic cemetery on the island. Instead of being reburied, the bones and the soil they were dug up with will be formed into a mound in the shape of a turtle."

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Remains To Be Reburied On Mackinac Island (Interlochen Public Radio 1/4)

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