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UC and Native Americans: Unsettled remains - Los Angeles Times
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Monday, 17 June 2013 17:13

UC and Native Americans: Unsettled remainsLos Angeles TimesBy 1948, Berkeley was boasting to Life magazine that its Native American collection included more than 10,000 Indian skeletons, many of them complete. A full-page photograph depicted a room full of human remains and a graduate student usin...

Exhibit looks at early Louisiana 'Pipe Dreams' - Colorado Springs Gazette
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Monday, 17 June 2013 08:03

Exhibit looks at early Louisiana 'Pipe Dreams'Colorado Springs GazetteThe tobacco enterprise ended when an Army captain's land grab triggered a massacre by Natchez Indians, who burned the plantations, according to exhibit curator Erin M. Greenwald. ... An illustration from a ...

Search for Le Griffon has local ties - Petoskey News-Review
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Monday, 17 June 2013 03:52

Search for Le Griffon has local tiesPetoskey News-ReviewAmong many theories are that the vessel sank in a storm, was scuttled by a mutinous crew or was captured and burned by Native Americans. Libert, 59, has been studying and searching for the Griffin for nearly three decades, calling it “the Hol...

Scientists seek native dwellings - South Bend Tribune
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Monday, 17 June 2013 00:08

Scientists seek native dwellingsSouth Bend TribuneWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Since the revelation of the actual Fort Ouiatenon site in the late 1960s, archaeologists have focused mostly on the fort itself, excavating the mound upon which it sat and combing for artifacts, such as kettles, gun flint...

Federal Government Holds 1800 Sets Of Virginia Indian Remains - W*USA 9
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Friday, 14 June 2013 19:35

Federal Government Holds 1800 Sets Of Virginia Indian RemainsW*USA 9The home of the Rappahannock tribe is deep in the rural landscape of Indian Neck, Virginia-northeast of Richmond. It's a place so quiet, ... away from you? The Rappahannock and other Native American tribes have gained recog...

Federal Laws Clash Over Massacre Site - Indian Country Today Media Network
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Friday, 14 June 2013 09:01

Federal Laws Clash Over Massacre SiteIndian Country Today Media NetworkHistory shows that Native Americans were living here, and when the lake was low they spread out.” Artifacts found in the area show that American Indians settled on the shores of the lake, Bancroft said. Archeologists have uncov...

Celebrating Native Americans: Museums, Shrines & Other Historical Sites - CBS Local
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Monday, 10 June 2013 22:05

Celebrating Native Americans: Museums, Shrines Other Historical SitesCBS LocalHer shrine is housed in a converted Dutch barn, also home to a collection of Native American artifacts from multiple tribes. A miniature replica of the Mohawk village Caughnawagha is also on display, as it existed 300 ye...

Peabody scholar traces 10000 years of state's Native American history - Ct Post
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Thursday, 23 May 2013 07:48

Peabody scholar traces 10000 years of state's Native American historyCt PostThe 10,000-year history of Native Americans in this state is traced in the new book Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples (Yale University Press, $45), which is coming out next month. The oversized and profusely...

Powwow next weekend honors Native Americans - Delmarva Now
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Friday, 17 May 2013 22:35

Powwow next weekend honors Native AmericansDelmarva NowEASTVILLE — Powwows are sacred ceremonies to American Indians. From the ritual Grand Entry to the specialized dances, every element is imbued with tradition and meaning. Accohannock Tribal Historian Michael “Fierce Arrow” Hinman says the s...

Native American Artifacts Unearthed At Novato Highway 101 Project Site - CBS Local
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Friday, 17 May 2013 05:57

Native American Artifacts Unearthed At Novato Highway 101 Project SiteCBS Local... Construction, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Highway 101, Native American, Novato. NOVATO (CBS/AP) — Highway workers have unearthed artifacts used by a Native American tribe as part of a paving project along...