Upper Midwest Archaeology

Retired archaeological consultant in Midwest and Great Plains. The header photo is El Meco, Mexico. #archaeology

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

From Kevin M. Levin:
Jacksonville, Florida's Confederate monument is coming down today. https://t.co/AQ1lJlT78d

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

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[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

BREAKING: Today, a Utah federal judge dismissed 2 lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo @POTUS’s restoration of Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments while attacking the Antiquities Act as unlawful.
https://t.co/Q3rhwbBCR2

[Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @savebearsears]

The so-called antiquities that are being protected and managed by federal agencies exist, in the first place, because Tribal nations once lived on and stewarded these landscapes.

#WeAreStillHere #HonorTribes #ProtectBearsEars

https://t.co/i91rLv2inI

[Erik Loomis @ErikLoomis]

This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Severalty Act into law. Let's talk about how ideas of work were central to the American genocide against the tribes!

[National Monuments Service @NationalMons]

🌤️#WinterSolstice2022🌤️
What makes Knockroe Passage Tomb #Kilkenny stand out from all other Neolithic passage tombs in Ireland is its dual alignment on both the rising and setting sun of the #WinterSolstice
https://t.co/XZsn9NRWWC
#HeritageWellbeing #BrighterDaysAhead

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

Pictures throughout the day of statue removal

[Goad Gatsby @GoadGatsby]

I'm on Labrunum Ave in Richmond, Virginia. Today in the removal of the city of Richmond's last public Confederate statue.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

City workers in Richmond, VA — the last capital of the Confederacy — removed the FINAL remaining Confederate monument, depicting Gen. A.P. Hill. More cities should follow suit and eliminate statues that symbolize a deeply painful time in America's past. https://t.co/45YreyCTKE

[VPM @myVPM]

Story: A.P. Hill statue — Richmond's last city-owned Confederate monument — comes down https://t.co/5QjFpauOHA via @jahdkhalil

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

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[Levar Stoney @LevarStoney]

Over two years ago, Richmond was home to more confederate statues than any city in the United States. Collectively, we have closed that chapter.

We now continue the work of being a more inclusive and welcoming place where ALL belong.

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

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[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

New national monument

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

SCOOP: Today at at the WH Tribal Nations Summit @POTUS will commit to putting hundreds of thousands of acres in southern Nevada around Avi Kwa Ame, Spirit Mountain, off limits to development. When signed, it would be his biggest national monument yet. https://t.co/hYvgMNO9aK

[Upper Midwest Archaeology @MidwestUpper]

New national monument

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

I'm headed to Camp Hale, Colorado.

Because today, I'm declaring the Camp Hale-Continental Divide area a national monument in honor of our nation’s veterans, Indigenous people, and their legacy.

[Mr. Hoyt @Hoyt_Mr_]

@swatiatrest My memory of graduate school ca. 1990 is an assistant professor telling us “There are two kinds of dissertations, perfect ones and ones that are done.” I took the hint.

[National Parks Conservation Association @NPCA]

Joshua Trees, petroglyphs, and geological natural history are just a few of the reasons why #AviKwaAme deserves federal protection as a national monument! @SecDebHaaland heard from @HonorAviKwaAme, but now we need to hear from YOU - sign the petition: https://t.co/bVqjhAZco6

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

The Department of the Interior has renamed 650 public spaces that used the word sq***, a racial slur degrading Indigenous woman.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The Soviet monument in Riga from 1985, glorifying the Red Army, is finally coming down.

The main statue fell this morning at 9 am.

19 aggressive Russians protesting the removal of the monument, put up by the occupiers, were arrested by Latvian police.

[Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @savebearsears]

This weekend Tribal leaders from the five Coalition Tribes (Pueblo of Zuni, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, and Ute Indian Tribe ) signed a historic agreement with federal agencies. #IndigenousStewardship #BearsEarsRestored

[Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @savebearsears]

Sign unveiling at the Bears Ears National Monument, complete with the coalition Tribes’ seals.

[Rob 🚀 @RJSzczerba]

Not sure why this hasn't received more publicity, but this fifty-foot sculpture called "Dignity" was unveiled several years ago in Chamberlain South Dakota.

Created by artist Dale Lamphere to honor the women of the Sioux Nation. It's absolutely stunning.

[Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @savebearsears]

Today is truly a monumental day for all of Indian Country. Leadership from each of the five Coalition Tribes convened this morning in Bears Ears to sign a cooperative agreement with federal agencies.