February 14, 2022
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park to protect Native ancestral lands from development
Author: Associated Press
MACON, Ga. — A national historical park in central Georgia is more than doubling in size with a recent property acquisition that will help protect "some of the most significant prehistoric Indigenous mounds in North America."
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, National Park Service, Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative, National Park Foundation and the Open Space Institute announced the addition to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, noting the land had been in danger of development be...