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  2. List of burial mounds in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Craig Mound has been called "an American King Tut's Tomb". George C. Davis Mound C: Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site, Cherokee County, Texas: 800–1200 CE Caddoan Mississippian culture Mound C, the northernmost mound of the three at the site, it was used as a ceremonial burial mound, not for elite residences or temples like the other two. [12]

  3. Oheyawahi-Pilot Knob - Wikipedia

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    ' a sacred place much visited; the place where people go for burials ') is a scenic overlook, and a Native American gathering place and burial ground in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, United States. The overlook provides views of the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, Fort Snelling, and the Minneapolis and St. Paul skylines. [2]

  4. Category:Native American cemeteries - Wikipedia

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    Native American cemeteries in popular culture (4 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Native American cemeteries" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.

  5. Indian Burial Ground - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Burial Ground is a historic Native American cemetery on Narrow Lane in Charlestown, Rhode Island. The small (0.1-acre (0.040 ha)) cemetery is believed to have been the burying ground for leaders of the Narragansett and Niantic tribes. It is now fenced off by an iron post and rail fence, erected in the late 19th century. [2]

  6. Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United ...

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    Protest at Glen Cove sacred burial site. The Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United States could be described as "specific, discrete, narrowly delineated location on Federal land that is identified by an Indian tribe, or Indian individual determined to be an appropriately authoritative representative of an Indian religion, as sacred by virtue of its established religious ...

  7. List of Hopewell sites - Wikipedia

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    Indian Mound Cemetery: Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located with access to Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) and on a bluff overlooking the South Branch Potomac River in Romney, West Virginia. The cemetery is centered around a Hopewell mound. The mound measures seven feet high and about fifteen feet in diameter.

  8. Indian Mounds Regional Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

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    Indian Mounds Regional Park is a public park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, featuring six burial mounds overlooking the Mississippi River.The oldest mounds were constructed about 2,500 years ago by local Indigenous people linked to the Archaic period, who may have been inspired by the burial style known as the Hopewell Tradition. [4]

  9. Virginia, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Virginia was founded by Hon. O. D. Kinney (Orrin Day Kinney; 1845–1911) the original owner of the town site, which was laid out in 1892 and named after Virginia, the native state of a large share of the lumbermen in the area at the time. [9]