- Date
- 2005-05-08
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deatheducationartsfamilyanishinaabe-odawacommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Matthew Taylor, a Beaver Island Lighthouse School graduate and art student in Santa Fe, died on May 8, 2005, in a car crash in which he was a passenger. The Beacon remembered his artistic promise, Little Traverse Bay Band membership, Island school connection, and family and Indigenous funeral practices, and suggested Crooked Tree Arts Center for memorial gifts.
Evidence limits
This is a community memorial notice; it does not provide a police report or independently verify every biographical detail.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Matthew Taylor."Reports that Matthew Taylor, a Lighthouse School graduate and Santa Fe art student, died as a passenger in a May 8 car crash, and describes his Little Traverse Bay Band affiliation, family, funeral, and suggested memorials to Crooked Tree Arts Center. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the memorial notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Lighthouse School graduate Matthew Taylor dies in a car crash, May 8, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-matthew-taylor-death-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Matthew Taylor." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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