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Historian Patricia Cleary鈥檚 new book details the history of the more than two dozen mounds that once stood in St. Louis.

鈥淭he Great River鈥� by Boyce Upholt traces the history of humans鈥� relationship with the Mississippi and what engineering over centuries has created.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is involved in the academic research because the federal agency has some of the foremost experts on the mapping tool being used, the researchers said.

With the country鈥檚 second-largest collection of unrepatriated remains, Illinois has lagged far behind the nation. A new law has the Osage Nation hopeful there will soon be progress.

A new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum features a variety of Metro East figures, including Tina Turner, the Indigenous people who built Cahokia Mounds and surveyor Don Alonzo Spaulding.

鈥淐onfluences,鈥� an exhibition of Faye Heavyshield鈥檚 work at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, includes new pieces that reflect on Cahokia Mounds and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Left beneath bridges and inside parking garages, Native American memorials in St. Louis draw advocates' ire.

Composer James Lee III鈥檚 鈥淰isions of Cahokia鈥� is inspired by the Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, once one of the largest Native American settlements in North America. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra gives the world premiere of the piece this weekend at Powell Hall.

The center will get a new roof and new fire, lighting, security and heating and cooling systems. The work is expected to take between 12 and 18 months to complete.

Using an augmented reality app, visitors can now see what the ancient temple atop Monks Mound and the surrounding city 100 feet below looked like.