Tagged: Native Americans

Morning Cram
7:44 am
Fri October 12, 2012

The Morning Cram [the boozing it up edition]

From NPR: A Native American tribe sues big beer makers for selling millions of cans each year to a town of 11 people where residents of a nearby dry reservation come to drink it up on an almost daily basis.

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Culture
10:37 am
Mon August 27, 2012

Public Ceremony Honors Wickliffe Mounds Builders

Credit heritage.ky.gov
Artist’s Depiction of Mississippian Village at Wickliffe

This past week, hundreds gathered at Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site to close a chapter in the Native American history of our region.  They witnessed a ceremony honoring the reburial of the remains of Mississippian-era mound builders who lived in our area almost a thousand years ago.  For over 50 years, the owners of the land that now makes up the historic site displayed them as part of a tourist attraction called Ancient Buried City. 

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