Word: tunica
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lillie Rayborn, 43, is already damp with sweat, trying to keep up with her rambunctious first-graders at Tunica's Rosa Fort Elementary School. "All right," she says firmly. "Yesterday we learned the letter l. Today we will learn the letter d." She hands out construction paper "bones." If the word on the "bone" begins with d, the child gets to "feed the dog" -- a large construction-paper hound with a hole for a mouth. The kids love...
Brain says scientists could, for example, determine when the Tunicas converted to Catholicism by examining whether Indians from different time periods were buried in a Christian manner. He adds that archeologists could get a better idea of the Tunica's wealth if they knew where household goods were found: if artifacts in relatively good condition were found in trash pits rather than in homes, it would indicate the Indians were wealthy at that time...
...addition to the main lawsuit. Charrier has sued Harvard for return of the relies, which the University had decided to keep until the legal owner was decided. Harvard countersued, and the collection was recently transferred to the Louisiana State Museum because of renovations at the Peabody. The Tunica-Biloxi have also filed a federal suit asserting that they own the relics by right of their ancestry. All these claims have been set aside until the original suit is settled. The original suit itself has become so complicated that the state district court could not handle it and Judge D. Lenton...
...only Charrier's desire for money, but also his hope for some positive public recognition. Most of the media coverage of the case has portrayed Charrier in a negative light. Brain says, adding that he him self has generally avoided mentioning Charrier in his scientific publications on the Tunica became of the lawsuit...
...Charrier's experiences with the Tunica treasure have not discouraged him from searching for other artifacts. Currently, the trader is investigating several paddle wheelers that sunk in the 1800s and are now in dry channels. During a recent telephone interview Charrier remarked. "I'm just polishing up one of my current discoveries right...