From the Battle Creek Enquirer (follow the link for pictures):
Funeral is a celebration of Laura Spurr’s life
Trace Christenson • The Enquirer • February 28, 2010
Amid eagle feathers and flowers, mourners celebrated the life Saturday of Laura Spurr.
Speaker after speaker described Spurr, the chairperson of the Tribal Council of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, as determined and blunt but fair and always trying to help members of the tribe.
“She demanded respect for her people but was unassuming in going about that,” said Frank Ettawageshik, former Chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. “Laura went out and changed the world and she came home and changed the world.”
Spurr, 64, died Feb. 19 after suffering a heart attack while attending a conference in California.
She had been active in tribal leadership since 1999 and served as council chair from 2000 to 2001 and from 2003 until her death. She was a driving force in the 10-year-long process of approval and construction by the tribe of FireKeepers Casino in Emmett Township.
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