Walking the Old Road
Walking the Old Road: Return Home
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Though the Village of Chippewa City is now gone, the people of the village still consider it to be their home. While many changes to the
landscape have taken place, the cultural identity of place remains strong in the hearts and minds of the Chippewa City people.
Walking the Old Road: The Decline
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The final decline of Chippewa City can be attributed to many factors, including the expansion of Highway 61 north to Canada. In this segment, those who remember Chippewa City as a once thriving village, recall its heyday and reflect on the decline.
Walking the Old Road: Katie's Point
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In this segment, the land history of “Katie's Point” along the bay in Chippewa City illustrates how questionable land transactions and county taxation policies significantly contributed to the final decline of the Chippewa City community.
Walking the Old Road: Four Seasons of Work
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In spite of pressure to adapt to mainstream ways of making aliving, the Chippewa City people fiercely retained their traditional ways of hunting, fishing and gathering in order to survive the four seasons on theNorth Shore of Lake Superior.
Walking the Old Road: Chippewa City Cemetery
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The Chippewa City Cemetery lies one-half mile east of St. Francis XavierCatholic Church. The cemetery is divided into two sections, the "Old Cemetery" and the "New Cemetery". Though many of the oldest graves areunmarked, the site ties the families of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa people to their recent and ancestral past.
Walking the Old Road: Making A Living
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Making A Living.mp3 | 12.82 MB |
Making a living was often a struggle for the people of Chippewa City who retained a close connection to the land yet were forced to assimilate to mainstream ways of making a living. As more tourists began to visit the area, the demand for Indian culture created a niche for people who made hand crafted souvenirs, beadwork and baskets.
Walking the Old Road: Summer at Philamene's
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When he was a young boy, Francis Drouillard of Grand Marais, spent several summers at a family friend's home in Mineral Center, close to the Canadian Border. Philamene Evans lived alone the rest of the year but needed help in the summers running her household and managing her souvenir stand. Francis tells the story of spending summers at Philamene's where he learned many valuable lessons about traditional hunting and fishing and how to live off the land.
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Walking the Old Road: Community Divisions
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As more and more Europeans moved into the area, the Indian people living at Grand Marais and Chippewa City would begin to experience discrimination from some of their white neighbors. The Native community was often divided between the Indian people living in town and those who lived on the Grand Portage Reservation, 40 miles to the east. Listen to the segment by clicking on the audio attachment. Check out past segments in this series.
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Walking the Old Road: The Old Road to Grand Marais
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The people of Chippewa City would regularly visit the town of Grand Marais, walking the "Old Road" along the rocky cliffs of Lake Superior. Because many Grand Marais Chippewa people had relatives in Chippewa City, the path was well used to and from town. As the white population grew, the town of Grand Marais became a hub of activity for people from all over Cook County.
Airdate: June 3, 2010
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Walking the Old Road: The Early Land History of Chippewa City and Grand Marais
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WTOREarly Land History.mp3 | 9.62 MB |
There is evidence that Chippewa people have lived at the Grand Marais Harbor and the surrounding area since the 1500s. The treaty of 1854, also known as the Treaty of LaPointe, opened up the North Shore to white settlement. As part of the treaty the people living at Grand Marais and Chippewa City were deeded plots of land as part of the annuities package.
Airdate: April 29, 2010
WTIP and Staci Lola Drouillard