“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

COLLINSVILLE — A movement to designate Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as part of the National Park System may be picking up again. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have ...

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The Cahokia Mounds are just a few miles east from downtown St. Louis. ... The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Illinois. Posted: December 17, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025.

Visitors to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site can climb 156 steps up Monk’s Mound, the largest earthen structure north of Mexico. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Uniquely is a series of ...

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is authentic in terms of its forms and designs, materials and substance, and location and setting. Although some mounds have been damaged by past cultivation or ...

Today's 2,000+ acre Cahokia Mounds site encompasses part of what was once a major native civilization which in A.D. 1250 was larger than London. The settlement included over 100 mounds, ...

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, once the home of one of the great cities of medieval times, is now a grassy oasis in a gritty industrial neighborhood in Metro East.

There’s a new way to explore an ancient place in Illinois. Visitors of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site can try experiencing it in “augmented reality,” or AR, to see the Grand Plaza as it ...