Battlefields and burial grounds
Subtitle: the Indian struggle to protect ancestral graves in the United States
By: Roger C. Echo-Hawk and Walter R. Echo-Hawk.
Contributors: Echo-Hawk, Walter R.
Publisher: Lerner Publications Co.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites -- Juvenile literature.; Indians of North America -- Religion -- Juvenile literature.; Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Antiquities -- United States -- Law and legislation -- Juvenile literature.; Human remains (Archaeology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Juvenile literature.; Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.; Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites.; Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Description: Describes the efforts of Native Americans to rebury ancestral human remains and grave offerings held by museums and historical societies, with particular emphasis on the Pawnees and their struggle to reclaim their dead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78) and index.