Native American Graves Protection Act

Alabamians may learn about their family's history this weekend during the thirty eighth annual Moundville Native American Festival. The event focuses on educating Alabamians on native architecture and the tribes that once inhabited and engineered the mounds. The event also works to dispel stereotypes about the Native Americans who call the state their home.

An appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments in a long-running dispute between two federally recognized tribes over one’s construction of a casino on Alabama land that the other says is a sacred site. The dispute involves land, known as Hickory Ground.

The Birmingham Zoo has submitted a request to relocate an estimated dozen graves to make way for a new cougar exhibit. The zoo is waiting on a permit from the City of Birmingham to begin the process. If approved, an archeologist from The University of Alabama will come to start the excavation.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma on Wednesday renewed its lawsuit against an Alabama Creek tribe for building a casino on…