Buried Indians.Buried Indians Laurie Hovell McMillin University of Wisconsin Press The University of Wisconsin Press (or UW Press), founded in 1936, is a university press that is part of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. It published under its own name and the imprint The Popular Press. 1930 Monroe Street, Third Floor, Madison, WI 53711-2059 0299216845 $24.95 1-800-621-2736 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress Part memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. , part local history, Buried Indians: Digging Up the Past in a Midwestern Town tells about a struggle in the Trempealeau, Wisconsin Trempealeau is a village in Trempealeau County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,319 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Trempealeau. Geography Trempealeau is located at (44. hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" of author Laurie McMillin (associate professor of rhetoric, composition and religion) to determine whether the platform mounds A Platform Mound is any earthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity. The Mississippian Native American Platform Mound Specifically, the Mississippian culture is well known for using platform mounds as a central aspect of their overarching religious atop Trempealeau Mountain constituted authentic Indian mounds. A sensitive and balanced accounting that examines opposing views between the dominant Euro-American culture and Native American culture, Buried Indians makes every effort to accurately portray not only the conflict of political agendas but also offer clear insight into what the platform mounds truly represented to different individuals. A highly recommended insight into cultural relations, regional history, and the lessons that can be drawn for future American government-Native American relations. |
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