Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound is the most famous Indian mound in America. Years ago, when I worked fulltime at the Newark Earthworks visitors center, it was not at all unusual for someone to walk in with ...

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 62-75 (14 pages) Radiocarbon dates reported by Romain and colleagues (2017) suggesting that Serpent Mound (33AD1) is an Adena ...

The Serpent Mound Star Knowledge Equinox Peace Summit “Return Of The Thunderbird” offers three days of family-friendly ceremonies with indigenous elders, musical performances through song and drumming ...

For most of us, living in or near cities, light pollution makes it impossible to fully appreciate or even to see the Milky Way. The first time I saw the Milky Way, it came as a revelation. I was ...

(Cincinnati Enquirer) -- A 19-year-old man, accused of taking a joy ride over an ancient Native American earthwork at Serpent Mound, has confessed to the crime and agreed to pay $3,000 in restitution ...

The event offers three days of ceremony with indigenous elders, star gazing, star knowledge teachings and other spiritually transformative opportunities. Throughout this shared time, there will be ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Saturday is the winter solstice, marking the shortest day — and longest night — of the year. Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have observed this occasion in a variety of ...

Ancient American Indians in eastern North America built a variety of earthworks over many centuries and for many different purposes. Ohio’s Adena culture, around 2,300 years ago, built conical burial ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the son of a Norwegian and a Swede, Donn Young knows all about Norse mythology. Soon, his neighbors will, too. Young has spent this fall ...

The serpent is the centerpiece of a thorough makeover of Young’s front yard, which also includes about 20 limestone and sandstone slabs, and several plants including sumac, bottlebrush buckeye, ...