Preserving Sacred Artifacts from Mounds

Lona Barrick

Lona Barrick, executive officer of Cultural Tourism, explains why the Chickasaw Nation is committed to preserving ancient mound sites and why the artifacts and remains found there are sacred to the Chickasaw people.

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