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Scandal and Special People of Effigy Mounds
Scandal and Special People of Effigy Mounds
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
More than a thousand years ago in the Upper Midwest, indigenous people were moving mountains—literally. The Mound Builders changed the landscape by piling earth into tall shapes that could only be truly appreciated from up above. In our time, one Ho-Chunk woman lived a special life in this area, and one National Park Service superintendent went to prison for stealing the bones of her ancestors.
Released:
Feb 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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