This event is known as the Burt Lake Burnout, and if you were raised in northern Michigan you might not have heard of it—until now. Almost 125 years later, the band is still here—in fact, they never left—and they’re telling their story in the newly-published book A Cloud Over the Land.
“To have people know and believe [our history] is the type of healing we all need,” says Deborah Richmond, historian for the Burt Lake Band. “It’s not an uplifting story and it doesn’t have a happy ending, but it’s very important history.”
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