Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for Sam's Club

ISS ^ | 04 Aug 2009 | Sue Sturgis

[Grizzled Bear]

Something I’ll never do is touch a mound or burial ground ping.

Not even if I double-dog-dare you?

[Arrowhead1952]

Nope. I know where several mounds are and there is an Indian burial ground close to our farm. I won’t dig anywhere near to those areas. Just some surface hunting in the plowed fields.

[RoshYisrael]

Most of the mounds were garbage heaps.

[Grizzled Bear]

You'd fit in well in th olden days. Steal their land and then sell it back to them!

RANT

The funny part is archaeological evidence indicates that the "Native Americans" displaced earlier "indigenous peoples."

Now, it appears we're being displaced by the decedents of the Spanish/Europeans who seized the regions below our southern border.

You could say history repeats itself, or "what comes around goes around," or you can simply stand around holding hands singing about "the circle of life." Giving all due consideration to the grand scheme of things, I really don't care.

But please, forgive me when I don't hyperventilate over people stealing land from people who stole the land from other people. It's just too damned silly.

/RANT

[GingisK]

But please, forgive me when I don't hyperventilate over people stealing land from people who stole the land from other people.

Truthfully, I'm not really worked up over the issue myself. Spoils of war, and all of that. Besides, there doesn't seem to be archaeological evidence that it is a burial mound.

Sometimes I have a burning need to be a rabble rouser.

[SunkenCiv]

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[AlmaKing]

Read more and better contemporary histories. The Indians had their own epidemics unrelated to European diseases.

Read ‘Crow Killer’ about John Johnston for instance. The ‘whites’ told the Indians how to deal with these epidemics, but the natives didn’t listen. And they suffered for it.

[kcvl]

Let's prevent economic development over what may be. There are concerns that human remains may be present at the site, though none have been found yet. But there may be!

Exactly! Another let's all hate Walmart article.

As someone with Indian blood BIG DAMN DEAL! We also find arrow heads in our yard. Who knows what/who is buried under our house?!

[Grizzled Bear]

Who knows what/who is buried under our house?!

If a creepy old man shows up and demands that you let him in, slam the door and hide under the bed. Especially if there's a midget-psychic hanging around.

And if your kid gets trapped in a parallel dimension audible through the television, it's her own damn problem!

[kcvl]

roflol!

[Grizzled Bear]

“Yo, Carol-Anne is stuck in the TV. I tried to get her out; I changed the channel and I even tried putting extra aluminum foil on the antenna. If you need me, I’ll be staying at the Motel-8 in Philly.”