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Battlefields and burial grounds : the Indian struggle to protect ancestral graves in the United States / Roger C. Echo-Hawk and Walter R. Echo-Hawk

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1994Description: 80 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0822526638
  • 9780822526636
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 393/.1/08997 20
LOC classification:
  • E98.M8 E24 1994
  • E98.M8 E24 1994
Contents:
Caring for the dead -- Native American burial practices -- Digging up the dead -- Raising a double standard -- The legacy of Samuel Morton -- Battlefield anthropology -- Archeological resources -- Graveyard profiteers -- The reburial movement -- Indian advocacy -- Academic ethics -- The legislative scene -- The Pawnee people -- Ancient Pawnee history -- Galloping across the New World -- Wild Licorice Creek -- Pawnee funeral traditions -- The spoils of conquest -- The legacy of Asa T. Hill -- Graves of tribal leaders -- Pawnee reburials -- The NSHS Battle -- The battle for LB 340 -- The Wild Licorice Creek reburial -- The Smoky Hill Treaty -- Pawnees in the National Reburial Campaign
Summary: Describes the efforts of Native Americans to rebury ancestral human remains and grave offerings held by museums and historical societies, with particular emphasis on the Pawnees and their struggle to reclaim their dead
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 393.310/ECHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844300003320

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78) and index

Caring for the dead -- Native American burial practices -- Digging up the dead -- Raising a double standard -- The legacy of Samuel Morton -- Battlefield anthropology -- Archeological resources -- Graveyard profiteers -- The reburial movement -- Indian advocacy -- Academic ethics -- The legislative scene -- The Pawnee people -- Ancient Pawnee history -- Galloping across the New World -- Wild Licorice Creek -- Pawnee funeral traditions -- The spoils of conquest -- The legacy of Asa T. Hill -- Graves of tribal leaders -- Pawnee reburials -- The NSHS Battle -- The battle for LB 340 -- The Wild Licorice Creek reburial -- The Smoky Hill Treaty -- Pawnees in the National Reburial Campaign

Describes the efforts of Native Americans to rebury ancestral human remains and grave offerings held by museums and historical societies, with particular emphasis on the Pawnees and their struggle to reclaim their dead

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