Alabama to Return Hundreds of Thousands of Native American Artifacts
Officials say Alabama is in possession of more than 300,000 Native American Burial Artifacts, and at least 30 sets of human remains.
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Judge Hears Arguments in Democratic Party Leadership Dispute
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge in Montgomery heard arguments Tuesday in the ongoing legal fight over control of the Alabama Democratic Party. U.S. District Judge Austin Huffaker Jr. heard arguments centering on whether new 2019 bylaws — which led to the election of new party leaders — violated an agreement that settled a 1989 lawsuit over Black representation…
Native American Tobacco Use
Troy University Professor says it was used in Alabama much earlier than thought.
A Troy University professor was part of a research project that shows Native Americans in Alabama were using tobacco for religious and ritual some 1,500 years earlier than thought. From a Troy University news release: “Dr. Stephen Carmody, an assistant professor of anthropology, along with Dr. Jon Russ of Rhodes College and Dr. Jera Davis of New South…
