Salina Indian Burial Site collection, 1940-1995

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Salina Indian Burial Site collection, 1940-1995

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Scrapbooks and loose materials, as well as color negatives of people covering bones and filling in the graves, relating to the Salina Indian Burial Site, an archaeological site for ancestors of the Pawnee tribe. The scrapbooks include publicity materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to when the site was owned and operated privately as a tourist destination and concerning the later controversy over the State Historical Society possibly acquiring the site. Also included in the collection is "Pawnee Mortuary Traditions," an essay written by Roger C. Echo-Hawk, September 1988 with forward by Deward E. Walker, Jr., Ph.D.

1 cubic foot (1 box).

Kansas State Historical Society

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Kansas State Historical Society

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The Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS or KHS) was formally organized on 13 December 1875, though previous attempts had been made to found such a society. The Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association were the driving force for this latest version, and the committee created to form the society appointed Franklin G. Adams as its secretary. The Society soon outgrew its space in the State Capitol and after several successive moves within the building, its collections were moved to the new Memo...