Letter from Mike to Congress

Authors

• Mike

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Description

This handwritten letter, circa 1988, from a student to members of Congress, is regarding the Union County, Kentucky, grave desecration. This is one of dozens of similar letters sent to Congress as part of a campaign to influence tougher legislation on the looting of burial sites.

Publication Date

1988

Document Type

Correspondence

Keywords

school children, Union County, Kentucky, grave desecration, Congress, legislation

Language

English

Sender

Mike

Recipient

Congress

Disciplines

Indigenous Studies | Native American Studies | Political History | Social History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Mike, "Letter from Mike to Congress" (1988). Graves Protection and Repatriation. 39.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/john_thomas_nagpra/39

Rights Statement

This item is made available as part of the Welcome Home Project for educational purposes only. It is not to be distributed for commercial use.

Identifier

Box 1, Folder 5

Transcription

I think that you or they shouldn't dig up that burial ground for Indians, should R.I.P. Ha would you dig up the cemetery of Americans? So put the artifact back and the [skulls] back [where] it was. Because Indians don't like [their] burial ground [messed] with. Just like you don't like yours [messed] with. And I think that the farmer was [illegible] to take whatever he took was [wrong]. I demand you put a mark around the whole burial ground and put every thing back.

Angry Indian 

Mike