Bears, Birds, and Bones

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As long as 2,500 years ago, Native Americans placed the bones of their dead in giant mounds of earth in the shape of animals. The Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa was created to protect one set of these - and the bones inside. But in 2011, a new superintendent, Jim Nepstad, discovered that the remains of 41 Native Americans had disappeared. In this episode, we use the term "Native American" because the story refers to legislation that uses that term. The National Park Service now uses “American Indian.” This episode contains language that may not be suitable for everyone. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	You can see where we're standing near the head, right here is the head, and the front legs are
1:08.3	extending off to the east.
1:10.9	The main trunk of the body is extending northwards away from us and the rear
1:16.3	legs are extending also off to the east.
1:21.8	What we're hearing is the description of a giant mound in the shape of a bear, made of dirt, and covered in
1:27.1	grass.
1:28.6	There are mounds like these all over the Midwest, and many are effigies of animals. Here at Effigy Mountain. the But other places in the country have snakes and turtles.
1:44.0	I met with the superintendent of Effigy Mounds National Monument, Jim Neppstead.
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