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>>>Press Release: Jim Nepstad Selected as new Superintendent of Effigy Mounds National Monument

>>>Press Release: Effigy Mounds National Monument Request for Public Comment

>>> Press Release: 60th Anniversary Events, October 24 & 25, 2009

>>> Press Release: NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION - July 10 & July 11, 2009

>>> Film Detail for January 31 - February 2, 2009

>>> Film Detail for February 7 - 9, 2009

>>> Film Detail for President's Week, February 12 -16, 2009

>>> Film Detail for February 21 -23, 2009

>>> Film Detail for February 28 - March 2, 2009

>>> Film Detail for March 7 - 9, 2009

>>> Film Festival Finale, April 4 - 6, 2009 - 100th Anniversary Weekend!





 

 
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Marching Bear Group

Did You Know?
In the South Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, the Marching Bear Group of 10 bear mounds, three bird mounds and two linear mounds represent the best preserved group of effigy mounds present today from the Effigy Mound Culture.
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Last Updated: May 12, 2011 at 21:22 MST