ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ancient American Indian burial mounds in Southern Illinois have been damaged and possibly looted, prompting the state's historical agency to call for the public's help in identifying ...

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Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...

Centuries-old grave mounds in Illinois became a flashpoint in the debate over displaying Native American remains. Now, tribes are close to seeing them reburied. By Julia Jacobs Reporting from ...

Those entering Indian Mounds Park in St. Paul will now be informed upon arrival: "This is a cemetery." Signs explaining that the area is a burial site have been added to the park this year — a win for ...

Gilcrease Museum plans to release another large group of Native American remains and associated items to tribes across the country. Gilcrease is continuing a years-long effort to inventory and return ...

An aerial view of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas. Courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site The ...

PORTER TOWNSHIP -- Developers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are debating the existence of ancient Indian mounds on the site of a proposed landfill, as neighbors continue to rally ...