The Sashabaw Project

Literally. In the The Clarkston News, to be exact. Great story, too.

Read the story here.

The Clarkston News seems to think so. Here’s the story.

Here’s an odd source for an update on the dig on and near my grandparents’ property … from a campaign website for someone running for the state House.

Seems someone else thinks Sashabaw was buried on her property.

I just came across this rather old story from a recent Waterford Historical Society newsletter about a woman who says her house was “on or near” the burial ground.

So far, I’ve contacted a number of tribal historians from the Ojibwe, Ottawa and Potawatomi nations; several professors each at the University of Michigan, Oakland University, Wayne State University and Michigan State University; the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society; the Oakland Press; and several Oakland County librarians.

Some, primarily tribal historians, think Sashabaw and Sassaba are the same person. The others fall into two camps: Those who think they are different men but don’t know with which tribe Sashabaw was affiliated, and those who have no idea if Sashabaw ever existed except in legend.

I find it odd that tribal historians who can trace Sassaba, a relatively minor historical figure, but not Sashabaw, whose legend far exceeds that of Sassaba.

If you have suggestions for other leads I can follow, please send them to me using the contact form.