On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
- Posted on October 16, 2024
- By Star Tribune
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On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
These ceremonial and burial mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the river has significantly eroded the bank they’re built on. A multimillion-dollar bank stabilization project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could protect them.
