Illinois has a well-documented history as a removal state, meaning Native Americans were forcibly removed multiple times, ...

The reasons for Cahokia’s decline are still unknown, but you can learn about the sophisticated layout of the city with plazas ...

The US' history goes back thousands of years, thanks to a wealth of archaeological sites that give insight into the first ...

When Begay studied at the University of Kansas in the 1970s, he was exposed to the American Indian Movement, an organization ...

It really is not a sense of honor there. It is not a sense of history,” said the director of the Native American Chamber of ...

Museum curators are working to determine compliance with a federal law that requires tribes' consent to house artifacts.

Nick Little, head of Jacksonville Area Museum's exhibits committee, tours construction on the museum's new section.

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Lawmakers reintroduce a bill to study making Cahokia Mounds a National Historic Site, highlighting its cultural and ...

Often overlooked in narratives of ancient civilizations, the archaeological site of Cahokia in the Mississippi River Valley ...

WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today reintroduced the Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Cultur ...

There’s a haunting sense of wonder when you first glimpse the sprawling earthworks of Cahokia, rising quietly from the ...