Posted on 09/21/2015 10:18:00 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
ITHACA, N.Y. Kurt A. Jordan, associate professor in Cornell Universitys department of anthropology and Native American studies, has found evidence through his research that suggests several parts of Ithaca lies above ancient burial grounds of Haudenosaunee Indians.
Jordan said his finding are based on a paper trail of books and documents, some dating centuries ago, because he didnt have the permission to excavate in Ithaca.
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Wow! New York State looks like a beautiful place to visit.
Would never want to live there, or pay those taxes.
But it’s a beautiful place to visit.
I once worked on a school being built on BLM land in New Mexico. The project was delayed for almost two years because mixed in with the present day garbage, spare tires, and other debris was discovered some indian garbage.
What makes this especially amusing is that the Rio Grand Valley in Southern NM has basically been populated by the same people (Indians who interbred with the Spanish) for the last 500 years or so. The people who currently live in that area were being denied a school because their ancestors used the land the same way as their descendants, as a dump.
And did you have to learn the song, “Fifteen Years On The Erie Canal”? Still can’t get it out of my head 50 years later.
Nope, I missed that gem. Lucky you.
There are some stunning places and some not so stunning.
And the government has ruined the state and winter is nothing to write home about.
Too many "dream catchers"
Our cousins the Mandan buried their dead facing toward the Ohio Valley for this reason. Legend is that Minnesota was chosen because it was a land of many waters like this great battleground in western and central New York.
Thank you for that very enlightening bit of Native American history!
Now that you mention it I did see a film recently that was shot in Syracuse.
I have lived in Flint and Toledo. It reminded me of the worst parts of both towns.
“Im not sure why they are considered sacred now.”
Because there is profit in being a victim-class.
#42 As a “sacred” dump!
their ancestors used the land the same way as their descendants, as a dump.
#47 Why didn’t your ancestors “Sioux” the other Indians? : )
our people escaped from a great battle in that area circa 400 a.d. in which tens of thousands were slaughtered
Our cousins the Mandan were kind and hospitable to Lewis and Clark and other early explorers sharing food, lodging and even womenfolk with some of them.
There are accounts of Sioux on the Oregon and Mormon trails who could have easily massacred entire wagon trains of pioneers. Instead, we traded with them. There are pioneer journals from both trails which recount incidents where our trade and/or medical intervention even saved pioneer lives.
Even during the famed Sioux uprising of 1862 in the Minnesota River Valley and points further west and north, most of the Sioux declined to participate. There was even a small Mormon settlement in Otter Tail County where the local Sioux even protected the whites for the duration of the uprising. It was mostly the Santee band which did the killing and we all earned a one-way ticket out of Minnesota for the actions of a relative handful.
The aforementioned Mormon settlement tried but did not succeed in getting their government to make an exception for the local Sioux which protected them.
There are very good reasons for the Mohawks no longer being around.
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All my information about Indians comes from Wagon Train and John Wayne : )
The local politics, not so much. :-)
And the winter storms, not so much.
But it's a great place to live, all taken together.
You’re welcome. Love it up there. Would drive to the parks and wineries from a campground in Marathon or the nearby Catskills. I live in NYC.
Photo courtesy of the Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian - A Haudenosaunee delegation crosses the U.S.-Canada border at Niagara Falls on July 14, 1928.
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