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TANASI
NEWS
Repair Work Scheduled To Begin
On Native American Burial Area at
Mousetail Landing State Park
Repair work is scheduled to begin this week (2/14/2000) on an eroding burial area at Mousetail Landing State Park.
Mousetail
Landing State Park is located on the Tennessee River in Perry County, Tennessee.
The park also happens to be the location of a prehistoric Indian town site. For
years, the site has been eroding into the Tennessee River. The park has lost
about 20 feet of river bank in this area in the last ten years. The erosion
frequently exposes archaeological features and human burials. Looters (people
looking for Indian artifacts) taking advantage of these conditions have also
been a problem in the park for years.
Eroded River Bank at Mousetail Landing State Park
In 1999, through a cooperative effort between the State of
Tennessee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and local conservation groups,
funding was allocated and plans drawn up to repair the river bank and prevent
future erosion by placing rock, also known as rip-rap, along the river's edge in
this area. This will also protect the burials from future disturbance by erosion
and looting.
The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma was consulted about the project in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. When negotiations over the terms of the project agreement between the Corps of Engineers and the state bogged down last year, a letter from Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby to Corps officials helped speed the process along. Chickasaw Nation representatives also inspected the site late last year.
UPDATE 2/26/2000
Larry Mullins, Park manager at Mousetail Landing Park, reports that the repair work on the bank was completed on Wednesday, February 23.
