Scandal and Special People of Effigy Mounds

America’s National Parks Podcast

English - February 21, 2021 04:45 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 827 ratings
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More than a thousand years ago in the Upper Midwest, indigenous people were moving mountains—literally. The Mound Builders changed the landscape by piling earth into tall shapes that could only be truly appreciated from up above. In our time, one Ho-Chunk woman lived a special life in this area, and one National Park Service superintendent went to prison for stealing the bones of her ancestors.