Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Indian Cemetery

Located on the left side of a Catholic Church in Oceana County, Michigan is an Indian cemetery that goes back many, many years. The right side of the church has a traditional "white people" cemetery.

Plain wooden crosses mark the vast majority of the graves, others use rocks. Only a handful have traditional headstones. I am not sure why no effort was made to identify who is in the graves. I could not see any carved or written names on the crosses or stones. Did the person(s) performing the burials even know who they were? Was it against their faith to put the persons name on the grave? If you know why, I would appreciate an email.