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Alliance For Native American Indian Rights
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Culture Periods Represented: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
Erosion is now the biggest threat to the Clee's Ferry burial ground. Repeating cycles of high and low water, combined with wave action caused by commercial and recreational river traffic, are eating away at the bank.
A Pleasure Craft Plows Through The River By Clee's Ferry
This boat caused the waves in the photos below.
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Below - Erosion At Clee's Ferry
Large areas of the river bank often collapse, exposing human burials
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Recently the Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs joined forces with the Tennessee Division of Forestry and Thomas Brothers Grass Farm, the land owners at Clee's Ferry, and planted a large number of tree seedlings in an effort to stem the erosion at the site.
Employees of Thomas Brothers Grass, left, clear area while Tennessee Division of Forestry staff, below, plant trees at Clee's Ferry (Click for larger images)
Hopefully these young trees, like the one at right, will take root, grow to maturity,
and help hold the soil against the pull of the river.
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Clee’s Ferry serves as tangible proof that cooperation between the Native American
community, professional archaeologists, and land owners can be effective in protecting our
cultural resources.
Clee's Ferry Site Map
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