Oak Bluffs Town Column: April 8

It’s only in magical places like Oak Bluffs that one might find himself neighbors with a real Indian chief. About six columns ago I reminisced about growing up during the summer on Dukes County avenue a few doors down from who I thought was Napoleon Madison. Our folks had referred to him as chief of the tribe and his wearing a headdress was a cherished part of my memories as a six or seven-year-old boy. Curiosity getting the better of me, I reached out to my friend and Gazette Aquinnah columnist June Manning who said the gentleman was not Napoleon Madison and more than likely was Rev.