Last updated: April 10, 2021
Place
Pharr Mounds, Milepost 286.7

NPS Photo
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Toilet - Flush, Water - Bottle-Filling Station, Water - Drinking/Potable, Wheelchair Accessible
A vast trading network stretched from southeastern US to the shores of Lake Ontario. Over hundreds of linked trails, objects of copper, mica, greenstone, and shell found their way to Pharr Mounds. People from small local villages then came here to obtain exotic goods.
Cultures around the world and across time built monuments and lasting memorials. Mounds like these are some of the earliest remaining monuments in North America.
Skillfully designed and built, these mounds are a source of wonder and pride. Spiritually enduring, they become the cornerstones of civic and religious ceremonies and rituals. Modern Chickasaw feel a strong bond with Pharr Mounds and consider them sacred. Many return here as part of a pilgrimage to their ancestral homeland.
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A Spiritual Place, Pharr Mounds, Milepost 286
Speakers: LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist at the Chickasaw Nation; Pauline Brown of the Chickasaw Language Committee and Chickasaw Nation Historical Society.
- Credit / Author:
- NPS
- Date created:
- 06/17/2016