Selkirk After his travels along the Rainy River, Du Vernet found his way to East and West Selkirk, two towns just north of Winnipeg, separated by the Red River. In the early nineteenth century, the area was home to a community of Saulteaux, Ojibwe, Swampy Cree, and Métis peoples known to …
Burial Practices
Burial Practices Taking care of graves Du Vernet showed a fascination and respect for Ojibwe burial practices throughout his diary. He described the Ojibwe gravesites he observed on an afternoon walk on Monday July 18th with great curiosity and detail, and went so far as to suggest that Ojibwe …
Long Sault Graveyard
Long Sault Graveyard Behind the Long Sault church was a small graveyard with marble stones and a wooden cross. Du Vernet favourably compared the traditional Ojibwe grave houses to these Christian ones: “as the Indians take great care of their graves it is right that the Christians should do the …