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Part of skull found along Minnesota River belongs to man from 8,000 years ago
MPR News ^ | May 19, 2022 | Tim Nelson and Matt Sepic

Posted on 05/20/2022 8:52:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Renville County authorities said they got quite a surprise after asking the FBI to help identify a partial skull found along the Minnesota River last summer.

The bone turned up as the water receded during last summer's drought, and was spotted by passing kayakers. Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said his agency got the bone and turned it over to a medical examiner, and eventually to the FBI, wondering if it could be linked to a recent missing person case.

Instead, Hable said, they found something else...

He said the FBI report included that the man likely ate a marine diet including maize and sorghum, and that his skull had a “defect” that was “perhaps suggestive of the cause of death.”

The county's Facebook post on the discovery drew criticism from Native Minnesotans, who said their ancestral remains shouldn't be shared online.

“We had no idea but we were alerted to the fact that that Facebook post was offensive to one or more people and so we have since taken that post down. We didn’t mean for it to be offensive whatsoever,” Hable said...

In a statement, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Cultural Resources Specialist Dylan Goetsch said neither the council nor the state archaeologist were made aware of the discovery as required by state law.

(Excerpt) Read more at mprnews.org ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: fbi; godsgravesglyphs; mattsepic; minnesota; renvillecounty; timnelson
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The Minnesota River near Shakopee, Minn.
Courtesy Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
The Minnesota River near Shakopee, Minn. Courtesy Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

1 posted on 05/20/2022 8:52:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks ButThreeLeftsDo.

2 posted on 05/20/2022 8:53:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What’s the proof their ancestors were there 8000 years ago?


3 posted on 05/20/2022 8:57:11 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The county's Facebook post on the discovery drew criticism from Native Minnesotans, who said their ancestral remains shouldn't be shared online.

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4 posted on 05/20/2022 8:57:48 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Saw a video of shark tooth hunters in a creek in SC who found a skull and called the cops. The forensics woman who examined it on scene determined it was of colonial age within minutes of studying it.


5 posted on 05/20/2022 8:57:50 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: KrisKrinkle

Of course they were there, who do you think killed the guy?


6 posted on 05/20/2022 8:58:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: fireman15

But it’s OK to post pictures of Asian, Caucasian, and Negroid skulls, right? This is how ridiculous this “woke” crap has become. How does posting a picture of someone’s skull, with no facial features, qualify as offensive? It is historical. They are just looking for some kind of payoff.


7 posted on 05/20/2022 9:01:25 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: SunkenCiv

The county’s Facebook post on the discovery drew criticism from Native Minnesotans, who said their ancestral remains shouldn’t be shared online.

***keep complaining and pretty soon it’ll be like you never existed...***


8 posted on 05/20/2022 9:03:03 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: KrisKrinkle
What's the proof their ancestors were there 8000 years ago?

After the FBI did a DNA test on the skull they came up with a sketch of what the person most likely looked like.

Black and white illustration of a head of a norseman viking warrior raider  barbarian wearing horned helmet with beard viewed from the front set on  isolated white background Stock Vector Image &

9 posted on 05/20/2022 9:08:40 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That has to set a new “cold case” record!


10 posted on 05/20/2022 9:09:13 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: fireman15

LOL


11 posted on 05/20/2022 9:12:16 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s a real cold case!


12 posted on 05/20/2022 9:13:57 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: KrisKrinkle

What’s the proof their ancestors were there 8000 years ago?

If the tribes had their way, none - just take their word. They never lie or have any political agendas, you know.


13 posted on 05/20/2022 9:19:15 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv
Woah, how do they know it was a man? This is transphobic.


14 posted on 05/20/2022 9:21:00 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: SunkenCiv

Is it Biden’s skull?


15 posted on 05/20/2022 9:22:22 AM PDT by baldisbeautiful (I’m Conservative because not everyone can be on welfare. )
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To: EinNYC

The tribal agenda here is not woke, but maintaining the legal fiction that they were created here. This entitles them to all sorts of legalized special privileges unavailable to other non-tribals, including the much outraged inner city blacks.

All of this helps the ruling tribal families to maintain the life styles they have become accustom to with such privilege - regular tribal types may live in squalor but not the ruling families.


16 posted on 05/20/2022 9:24:00 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv; All

He voted for Biden in 2020 though.


17 posted on 05/20/2022 9:24:23 AM PDT by TheRake (If they can force you to wear a mask, they can force you to do other things. Just the beginning.)
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To: baldisbeautiful

Nope, it wasn’t found stuck up the pelvis.


18 posted on 05/20/2022 9:29:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“The county’s Facebook post on the discovery drew criticism from Native Minnesotans, who said their ancestral remains shouldn’t be shared online.”

Really? I’ll bet if someone farts near some of these folks they would be so triggered they would die.


19 posted on 05/20/2022 9:31:28 AM PDT by antidemoncrat ( adn)
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To: antidemoncrat

Sounds like a plan. :^)


20 posted on 05/20/2022 9:32:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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