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Mound Sites: Evidence of Well-Established Trade

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

LaDonna Brown cites features shared by mound sites that demonstrate how trade had long been an important aspect of Southeastern Indians' lives.

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The Amazing New Moundville Museum

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown describes the long-awaited museum opening.

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The Wickliffe Mounds: The Deep Connection I Felt

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

LaDonna Brown reflects on her experience at Wickliffe Mounds and the close connection she immediately felt with the landscape there.

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Evolution from Mounds to a Smaller Village Site

LaDonna Brown

The Mississippian era was characterized by immense change, however many ancient lifeways remain intact.

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The Largest Mound Site: Cahokia

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation

LaDonna Brown describes the Cahokia Mound site.

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Emerald Mound and Others in Our Homelands

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna surveys other mounds from the Woodland and Mississippian period.

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My First Mound Experience: Wickliffe Mounds, Part 1

Experience Chickasaw History and Culture

LaDonna Brown recalls her first visit to a mound site and the powerful experience it proved to be.

1m 30s

Spiro Mounds: Trade Center for the Continent

LaDonna Brown

LaDonna Brown notes that Spiro Mounds, located in eastern Oklahoma, is the trade center between the Southeast and the Southwest.