MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A bill moving through the Wisconsin Legislature would more clearly define protections for Indian burial mounds. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the bill would specify when ...
Any ground disturbance of an ancient Indigenous mound in Wisconsin requires state approval, but it often takes concerned citizens to make sure the law is followed. That’s the case in Madison’s Vilas ...
SHEBOYGAN — Well before white man came to North America, around 700 B.C., big changes happened when plants and animals were intentionally cared for. Early communities rose out of Woodland Indians of ...
The Mystery of the Mounds -- In Search of the Mound Builders -- Excavation, Chronology, and Meanings of the Mounds -- Wisconsin before the Mound Builders -- Early Burial Mound Builders : The Early and ...
MADISON — A concrete company can’t dig up American Indian burial mounds located within its southern Wisconsin quarry, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday without explanation. The court deadlocked ...
When Crystal Norcross joined the Greater East Side Community Council more than a decade ago, she was handed a flier that noted St. Paul had raised money to install a splash pad at Indian Mounds ...
Resting within Woodland Cemetery’s 46 acres at Fifth and Jefferson streets are mounds that reflect the sacred Native American tradition of burials. Local history incorporates the legacy of the Native ...
As heavy machinery scraped the site of a highway project near Lake Minnetonka, something unusual turned up in the dirt: quarter-sized fragments of bone. That was enough to stop the machines, because ...