FYI - forward from another mailing list: from the Boscobel Dial, Thursday, March 29, 2001, second section pg 1 Effgy mounds near Muscoda featured on public television Native Americans lived in Wisconsin for thosands of years before anyone else visited the area. Their efforts to continue making a home here are featured in the March 29 episode of a series Wisconsin Stories on Wisconsin Public Television. 'Native Journeys' the ninth program in the 10-part Wisconsin stories, premieres at 7 pm Thursday, March 29, on the six WPT stations, with and encore at 2:30pm Sunday April 1. This program also visits Eagle Township north of Muscoda, which has the highest concentration of Native American effigy mounds in North America. The Ho-Chunk purchased the land, and archaeologists helped discover what appears to be a village in the midst of a group of effigy mound region here is Wisconsin has no parallel any place else in the world. "Native Journeys" details how the Ho-Chunk Nation is building a bison herd on the property. (other paragraphs of article tell of the Ojibwe's Sandy Lake tragedy and how lacrosse, a sport, that originated with native people.) http://www.wisconsinstories.org/index.html to see a film clip and more info about Wisconsin Stories To receive a free guide booklet about Wisconsin Native People ... http://www.travelwisconsin.com request 'Native Wisconsin' for heritage tourism sites and state historical sites request 'Heritage Wisconsin' To learn more about the area's archaeology see Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at UW-LaCrosse http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/ The May 5th, annual Archaeology Day, at Silver Mound is a fun and interesting way to learn about the area's early residents. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text