The Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma wants to “consult” with the College of Charleston about its proposed dormitory on a former city-owned potter’s field, a tribal spokesman told the Charleston City Paper.
The tribe believes the college’s intentions to build the dormitory on an 18th century burial ground could desecrate the graves of its ancestors, a violation of a federal law that protects the human remains and cultural artifacts of indigenous people, the spokesman said.
The tribe hopes to have a meeting with the college in about a month, said a spokesman in the tribe’s Okmulgee, Okla, office who asked not to be identified…