Name: Paul D. Kenwabikise, hereditary chief and commercial fisherman, dies, 1987
Start: 1987-02-07
End: 1987-02-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1987-02-07
Kind: Death
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: deathanishinaabe-odawamaritimefamilyreligioncommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Paul D. Kenwabikise, described by the March 1987 Beaver Beacon as hereditary chief of the Beaver Island band of Chippewa Indians and operator of the fish tug Sunny Don, died February 7, 1987.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper obituary, not a civil death record, tribal enrollment file, or vessel registry.

Sources

“Paul D. Kenwabikise,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987.
Reports the February 7 death of Paul D. Kenwabikise, identifies him as hereditary chief of the Beaver Island band of Chippewa Indians, records his High Island birth, commercial fishing and Sunny Don operation, family, church membership, and planned Holy Cross Cemetery interment. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the obituary.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Paul D. Kenwabikise, hereditary chief and commercial fisherman, dies, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-paul-kenwabikise-death-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Paul D. Kenwabikise,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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