Battlefields and burial grounds : the Indian struggle to protect ancestral graves in the United States

Echo-Hawk, Roger C. (Author). Echo-Hawk, Walter R. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0822526638
ISBN: 9780822526636
Physical Description: print
80 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1994.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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.