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One document of First Nations interment is a boy ten years of age, his name unknown, although placed in the records as 'Pied Noir (Black Foot), Antoine.'

Also a First Nations area was Old Wives, near the lake that gave the name to this area.

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Edouard Beaupre or 'The Willow Bunch Giant'
1990
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan

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Métis

Graveyard at Willow Bunch has many Métis interred there.
There are one notable's ashes interred near the Willow Bunch Museum, at the foot of a life-sized statue dedicated to him. His name was Edouard Beaupre more commonly known as the "Willow Bunch Giant".

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Willow Bunch Giant
1904
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan

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This is Edouard Beaupre - aka The Willow Bunch Giant - 1881-1904. He was the first of a family of twenty siblings. Edouard spoke fluent French, English, Sioux and Cree. He was employed by the Barnum Circus in the USA. He died from pulmonary hemorrhage at the age of 23. The family was too poor to bear the cost of bringing him home. It took 60 years to bring the remains to rest in 1990.

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Unique grave settings at Willow Bunch.
1910
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan

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Unique grave setting at Willow Bunch

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Unique cross at Willow Bunch.
1913
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan

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Unique cross at Willow Bunch

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Gravemarker in Southern Saskatchewan
8 March 2006
Southern Saskatchewan

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Another unique gravemarker in Southern Saskatchewan

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OTHERS Wolfe Headstone
1920
Maxstone, Saskatchewan

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Others

In early years death necessitated burial before churches or cemeteries were organized. Private graves dot the prairies, some forgotten, others had various manners of markers.

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Fallen Cross near Landscape
1925
Landscape (area), Saskatchewan