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Nibi Chronicles: A portal to the Burt Lake Band’s violent expulsion

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now July 21, 2023November 8, 2025

On Oct. 15, 1900, the adults, children and elders of the Cheboiganing Band of Ottawa and Chippewa were forced out of their beds and made to watch as their houses were doused with kerosene and burned to the ground.

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