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August 7, 2024/by Justin Smock

Latino Representation on Public Lands Fosters Diversity and Inclusivity – By Cristhian Flores Trujillo, Conservation Education Representative

July 25, 2024/by Justin Smock

Q & A: Domesticated Dogs & Fresh Water – Bill Iseminger

July 16, 2024/by Justin Smock

Q & A: Measuring Cahokia – Bill Iseminger

July 9, 2024/by Justin Smock

Q & A: Was there any pre-European Seed Trade at Cahokia Mounds – Angela Cooper, Service Specialist II

June 25, 2024/by Justin Smock

Why is Cahokia Called “City of the Sun?”… ☀️

June 24, 2024/by Justin Smock

Museum Shop Open This Summer!!!

June 12, 2024/by Justin Smock

Congratulations 2025 Photo Calendar Contest Winners!

May 15, 2024/by Justin Smock

Summer Solstice Sunrise Observance

May 7, 2024/by Justin Smock

In-Person Gift Shop Opportunities

May 1, 2024/by Justin Smock

Guided Tours Schedule

April 26, 2024/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Mounds Legislation Introduced

April 11, 2024/by Justin Smock

Deer Archery Hunting Changes to LOTTERY

March 22, 2024/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Mounds Seeks Education Representative for Peak Season!

February 6, 2024/by Justin Smock

Photo Calendar Pre-Sale Open Now – May 31, 2024!

February 1, 2024/by Justin Smock

CMMS Hosting Photo Calendar Contest Fundraiser!

January 18, 2024/by Justin Smock

Spring Native American Market Moves Venues!

January 8, 2024/by Justin Smock

Winter Announcement

December 27, 2023/by Justin Smock

Goodbye 2023 & Hello 2024!

December 14, 2023/by Justin Smock

Wheat Twill Caps Back in Stock!

September 26, 2023/by Justin Smock

Upcoming Projects at the Interpretive Center – Lori Belknap, Site Superintendent

August 31, 2023/by Justin Smock

Local Podcast Series Features Cahokia Mounds Agriculture

August 31, 2023/by Justin Smock

2023 Membership Drive! – Now through September 30!

June 30, 2023/by Justin Smock

Renovation Fund Drive – Donate NOW Through July 31, 2023

June 16, 2023/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Mounds Museum Society Wins Prestigious 2023 AASLH Award of Excellence!

May 31, 2023/by Justin Smock

Indian Market Days Happening June 3 & 4, 2023

May 10, 2023/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Archaeological Society (CAS) Meeting & Program

April 27, 2023/by Justin Smock

Guided Tours Resume!

March 16, 2023/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Mounds Hiring Seasonal Staff

March 9, 2023/by Justin Smock

Spring Cover Photo Contest Results!

March 9, 2023/by Justin Smock

Cahokia Mounds hiring Conservation Education Representative

January 6, 2023/by Justin Smock

Spring Cover Photo Contest 2023

November 20, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Cahokia Mounds Annual Holiday Market

September 30, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Cahokia Mounds Shirts Are On Sale!

September 22, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Nature/Culture Hike

September 16, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Join us for the 2022 Fall Equinox Sunrise Observance

August 29, 2022/by Lori Belknap

November 17 CAS Talk: “Grandmother—Up in Smoke: Traces of Cahokians in Distant Lands”

August 25, 2022/by Lori Belknap

2022 City of the Sun 5k Trail Run

August 24, 2022/by Lori Belknap

“Cahokia in Chesterfield: The Sun, Moon and Milky Way”

August 4, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Art of the Mississippian Heartland

July 12, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Exciting Things Going on at Cahokia Mounds!

June 15, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Join us for the Summer Solstice Sunrise Observance

June 9, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Help support Cahokia Mounds during the Renovation Fund Drive!

June 9, 2022/by Lori Belknap

The Nature/Culture Hike is almost here!

May 17, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Hiring for 5 Seasonal Positions

May 13, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Nature/Culture Hike

April 14, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Cahokia Mounds Indian Market Days are Almost Here

April 14, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Walking Tours of Monks Mound Coming Soon

March 25, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Online Virtual Auction for CMMS and PARC

March 2, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Our very own Mr. Mounds has published a new book about the Civil War

March 2, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Central Plains Maize Farming and the Cahokian Diaspora

March 2, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Site Renovations Closure

January 20, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Virtual Auction is on its Way!

January 20, 2022/by Lori Belknap

February 20 Winter Lecture Cancelled

January 12, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture by Dr. Julie Zimmerman, “Storytelling in the Creation of Cahokia”

January 6, 2022/by Lori Belknap

Cahokia Mounds Renovation Site Closure

December 30, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Beginner’s Flintknapping Workshop with Larry Kinsella

December 15, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Site Technician Job Available

December 9, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lectures Coming Soon!

December 9, 2021/by Lori Belknap

The Annual Fund Drive is Here!

December 1, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Cahokia Mounds on PBS

November 18, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Thanks for the great 5K!

November 4, 2021/by Lori Belknap

The City of the Sun 5k Trail Run is coming soon!

October 20, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Jingle Hike Challenge

October 20, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Guest Speaker Carrie Wilson

October 14, 2021/by Lori Belknap

FREE Members Only Augmented Reality Event

October 14, 2021/by Lori Belknap

Heartlands Conservancy Jingle Hike Challenge

October 8, 2021/by Lori Belknap

COVID Mask Mandates In Place

September 29, 2021/by Lori Belknap

FREE MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

August 26, 2021/by Cody Slauson

IDNR Recognizes Bill Egan

August 12, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Nature/Culture Hike

August 5, 2021/by Cody Slauson

NPS Meeting with Congressman Mike Bost

June 19, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Summer Solstice Sunrise Tomorrow!

June 18, 2021/by Cody Slauson

No More Masks and Brand New Shirts

June 16, 2021/by Cody Slauson

COVID Reminder

June 12, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Indian Market Days were a huge success!

June 9, 2021/by Cody Slauson

The Nature/Culture Hike is almost here!

June 5, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Indian Market Days are underway!

June 4, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Indian Market Days are here at last!

May 26, 2021/by Cody Slauson

No Reservations Required for Indian Market Days

May 26, 2021/by Cody Slauson

COVID Restriction Change

March 3, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Appointments required to visit

January 22, 2021/by Cody Slauson

Interpretive Center to reopen on January 28

November 27, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Link to our Market

November 23, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Do you need to contact us?

November 18, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Cahokia Mounds Interpretive Center will be closed beginning November 20

November 12, 2020/by Cody Slauson

New Visitation Policy Beginning Wednesday November 18

October 19, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Saint Louis Art Museum Shows Art Inspired by Cahokia Mounds

October 6, 2020/by Cody Slauson

CMMS & PARC Host Virtual Trivia Night

September 15, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Interpretive Center Closing on Wednesdays

September 2, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Governor Pritzker Visits Cahokia Mounds

July 13, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Interpretive Center Opens July 15th

July 10, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Interpretive Center to Open Soon!

July 6, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Outdoor Tours To Be Offered

July 2, 2020/by Cody Slauson

4th of July

June 26, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Update on Reopening

May 29, 2020/by Cody Slauson

The Ground are Open

May 21, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Grounds to Reopen on May 29th

April 30, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Deadline for Employment is May 1st

April 21, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Exhibit Gets Much Needed Update

March 16, 2020/by Cody Slauson

CLOSURE – Superintendent Update

March 15, 2020/by Cody Slauson

WE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

March 14, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Cancelations/Postponements

February 3, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Winter Lecture Series #2

January 30, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Beginning Feb 1 IDOT Closes parts of I-255

Pictured is a screenshot from an informational video of the project.
January 14, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Cahokia Mounds Receives Second NEH Grant

January 6, 2020/by Cody Slauson

Winter Lecture Series Begins January 19

December 18, 2019/by Cody Slauson

Bill Iseminger Day

December 9, 2019/by Cody Slauson

Jingle Hike Challenge 2019

November 27, 2019/by Cody Slauson

Cahokia Mounds Featured on the History Channel Website

November 14, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Flip Book Gets an Update

November 8, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Press Release Regarding Native American Holiday Market Days

November 2, 2019/by Lori Belknap

City of the Sun 5K Canceled

October 31, 2019/by Lori Belknap

New Executive Director Joins CMMS

August 30, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Photographic Exhibition by Daniel Seurer

August 2, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Archaeology Day

July 24, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Mississippian Conference

March 18, 2019/by Lori Belknap

City of the Sun 5K 2018 Make Up Race

March 18, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Robert Lewis – Native American Storyteller

March 1, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Guest Symposium: Anthropocene. Archaeology of the Present, by Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany

February 28, 2019/by Lori Belknap

March 3 Lecture CANCELLED

January 25, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series

January 11, 2019/by Lori Belknap

Book Signing: Gayle J. Fritz on January 20

December 12, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Site Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

November 4, 2018/by Lori Belknap

5K UPDATE: CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

September 24, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Original Performance to Celebrate Bicentennial

August 10, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Site Receives Employee Community Fund of Boeing Grant

August 2, 2018/by Lori Belknap

The Young Spirit Dancers Dance Troupe

June 18, 2018/by Lori Belknap

City of the Sun 5k Trail Run

June 8, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Call for Papers

June 8, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Contemporary Indian Art Show

May 20, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Purple Martins at Cahokia Mounds

May 15, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Kids Day

March 22, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Native American Storytelling May 5

March 22, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Easter Weekend

February 28, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series March 11

February 8, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series February 18

January 11, 2018/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series Kicks off January 28

December 29, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Employee Community Fund of Boeing Brings Performance to Collinsville

November 30, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Annual Fund Drive 2017 Kicks Off!

November 30, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Expedia lists Collinsville “Best Place for History Lovers”

October 30, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Interpretive Center Hours

October 13, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Power Restored

October 11, 2017/by Lori Belknap

September 21, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Bill Iseminger Receives Distinguished Award

September 20, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Recycle Eclipse Glasses Here

September 12, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Site Receives Grant for Cultural Performance

August 31, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Columbus Day Presentation at Cahokia Mounds

August 17, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Bike Drive at Cahokia Mounds benefits Two Non-Profits

August 10, 2017/by Lori Belknap

In the Shadow of the Moon: Solar Eclipses in the Cahokian Sky

August 9, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Eclipse books and glasses out-of-stock

July 19, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Discover Ancient America at Archaeology Day

June 29, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Join us on a Member-Only Excursion

June 29, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Membership Drive Going on NOW

June 28, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Eclipse Lecture

May 4, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Site Open 7 Days Beginning June

May 4, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Artist Preston Jackson Donates Model

March 8, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series March 19, 2 pm

January 18, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Trivia Night/Silent Auction Fundraiser

January 5, 2017/by Lori Belknap

We’re in the Book!

January 4, 2017/by Lori Belknap

Winter Lecture Series

December 9, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Painting With a Purpose Fundraiser

November 23, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Shop Amazon Smile to Support Cahokia Mounds

August 11, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Linda T. from Shannon, IL Wins Quilt!

August 9, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Archaeology Day August 6

July 21, 2016/by Lori Belknap

New Presentations Added to Conference

July 20, 2016/by Lori Belknap

PokemonGo is here! Find your Pokestops, and watch facebook for Lure times!

July 19, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Mississippian Conference 2016

July 6, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Groupon Offer

June 22, 2016/by Lori Belknap

“get to know m.e.” Bench

June 21, 2016/by Lori Belknap

Exhibit Project Wins National Award

August 12, 2015/by admin

New Cahokia Mounds Exhibit Features 700-Year-Old Canoe

May 31, 2015/by admin

Anthropology Alumnus Tracks Cahokian Pottery

December 26, 2014/by admin

Centuries-Old Canoe’s Journey Continues at Cahokia Mounds

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