"Truly Heartbreaking": Osage Nation Decries Sale of Cave Containing Indigenous Art

[captain queeg]

2. This reminds me of a site on the Snake River

I worked at a dam in the Snake years ago. While there I stumbled onto some clippings about an old native site that had been inundated when they filled the reservoir. I didn’t get much info but it sounded like a pretty extensive site. The govt at least made some kind of effort to preserve the place but didn’t stop filling the lake. I figured at least the site was protected from grave robbers and such though the water would destroy some aspects of the site. I wonder if some day the waters will be removed and the place would end up providing some new information about the life in that area. I don’t remember how ancient the site was supposed to be. But if it was well preserved it might provide some new insight using modern science that was not available when the site was first discovered once it was uncovered. I think there were some caves involved.