We have a right to be heard on these issues. The support that is being gathered by many groups in opposition to this development is in the true interest of the environmental and historical preservation of a land and a culture that is ancient. The removal of the small Indian cemetery at West Jefferson and Gibraltar Road in 1964 and 1965 to its present site at Our Lady of Hope Cemetery by unknown persons was an atrocity. This cemetery was there in Brownstown while the village and Council House were there. We believe those graves were the graves of Indian families as well as white settlers.
Wyandot descendants feel that is is our responsibility to protect the grave sites of our ancestors.
Several other locations exist in the Downriver area. We believe that there are burials in the Humbug Marsh area as well as in other parts of the Gibraltar area . The removal of Indian graves along South Gibraltar Road by Carlson High School students and their teacher some years ago is well known to the residents. It is our wish to see this area protected in a manner in keeping with Indian tradition and to see the earth treated with dignity and respect. Native people are of one mind on the graves issue.