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Former Effigy Mounds head accused of stealing ancient bones

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Iowa park includes
Native American burial mounds

For more than 20 years, he was in charge of a northeast Iowa park that included Indian burial mounds shaped like animals.

Former Effigy Mounds superintendent Thomas Munson is now charged in federal court with stealing ancient bones from that park over a 20-year period.

Munson was charged with embezzlement this week in a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, court.

Many Native American bones are displayed in a museum at Effigy Mounds, near Marquette, Wis. Munson is accused of taking many of those bones, and storing them in his garage in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

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  1. harga paket umroh murah 2016

    December 11, 2015 at 11:32 am

    what do you mean, Munson was charged with embezzlement this week

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