Niagara Falls and the Maid of the Mist by Alexander Bräuer, 01/11/2019. Summary The Maid of the Mist is nowadays, due to the tourism industry, without a doubt the most popular story about Niagara Fall

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Giiwas/Crater Lake by Stefan Livo, 11/16/2018. Summary A tribal tradition shared by the Klamath Tribes (Klamath, Modoc, Yahooskin) remembers the devastating battle between mythical characters that ble

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Bear Butte – Sacred Mountain of the Plains by Stefan Krause, 04/23/2018. Summary The Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming feature prominently in the traditional stories of the Lakota, Cheyenne, Kio

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Nanih Waiya – The Mother Mound by Stefan Krause, 08/01/2018. Summary The indigenous peoples of North America have built earthen mounds at least as early as 3,500 BC (see Watson Brake). Most of these m

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The Antiquities Act of 1906 by Alexander Bräuer, 03/06/2016. Summary The beginning of the 20th century witnessed increased lobbying efforts by Edgar L. Hewett, an anthropologist and archaeologist, for

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Sue: Fighting over Bones and Land by Alexander Bräuer, 03/12/2016. Summary In 1990, Susan “Sue” Hendrickson, a worker of the Black Hills Institute, discovered a fossil in the Cheyenne River Indian Res

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Law Knowledge about antiquities significantly contributes to contemporary identity politics, as the heritage industry impressively demonstrates. Stories and narratives about American Antiquities and t

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Tanmahawis/The Bridge of the Gods by Stefan Krause, 11/06/2017. Summary Long before the Columbia River was crossed by man-made bridges a natural bridge had traversed the waters. Local tribes like the

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'Tiere der Urwelt': Creating a ‘Prehistoric’ Landscape by Alexander Bräuer, 04/14/2016. Summary What does a ‘prehistoric’ landscape look like? In Tiere der Urwelt (“Animals of the prehistoric world”),

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'Tiere der Urwelt': Darwinism and Colonialism by Alexander Bräuer, 03/27/2016. Summary Illustrations play an often underestimated part in our construction of primeval times. Today, movies like Jurassi

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