KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A long-awaited preservation project is underway in downtown Kalamazoo. The plan is expected to breathe new life into the mound in Bronson Park, a site significant to the Native American community.
On Tuesday, mulch was laid over the mound that’s estimated to be more than a thousand years old. Soon, a tarp will cover it to make way for native plant life to bloom from the grounds.
It’s a plan five years in the making. Back in 2021, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi worked with the city of Kalamazoo to plan out the transformation. It came after a radar-penetrating survey suggested that it wasn’t a burial mound but was a site of cultural significance, with the mound coming much later…