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Ocmulgee National Monument
Includes evidence of 12,000 years of human habitation, including massive temple mounds of a Mississipian Indian ceremonial complex (AD 900-1100). Pea Ridge National Military Park
Preserves the site of the March 7-8, 1862 Civil War battle that led to the Union's total control of Missouri. Only Civil War battle in which American Indians participated. Pecos National Historical Park
Preserves 10,000 years of history, including the pueblo of Pecos, two Spanish Colonial Missions, Santa Fe Trail sites and the site of the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. Petroglyph National Monument
More than 15,000 prehistoric and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs stretch 17 miles along Albuquerque's West Mesa escarpment. Pipestone National Monument
From this quarry American Indians obtained materials (catlinite) for making pipes used in ceremonies. Piscataway Park: Accokeek Creek Site
Six-mile-long park on the Potomac is preserved as a pilot project in the use of easements to protect parklands from obtrusive urban expansion. Area formerly inhabited by the Piscataway Indians. Poverty Point National Monument
Commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia, B.C. and features some of the largest prehistoric earth works in North America. Russell Cave National Monument
Displays an almost continuous archeological record of human habitation from at least 7,000 B.C. until about A.D. 1650. Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Preserves four of six surviving 17th-century mission churches in the US and three of the largest Pueblo Indian villages, which date back at least 7,000 years. San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, are commemorated here. Shiloh National Military Park
Scene of April 6-7, 1862 battle involving more than 100,000 Union and Confederate troops, during which nearly 24,000 were killed, wounded, or missing. Park includes the Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark. Sitka National Historical Park
Commemorates the 1804 Battle of Sitka that marked the last major Tlingit Indian resistance to Russian colonization. Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
Protects estuarine natural resources, along with historic and prehistoric sites between northeast Florida's lower Saint Johns and Nassau rivers. Tonto National Monument
Features well-preserved cliff dwellings occupied during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries by the Salado culture, who farmed in the Salt River Valley. Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Trail marks the routes used for forced removal of more than 15,000 Cherokee Indians by the US Army from their ancestral lands in the Southeast in the late 1830s. Tumacacori National Historical Park
Includes the mission sites of Tumacacori, Guevavi and Calabazas, established by Jesuit Father Kino in the late 1690s in the northern frontier of New Spain. Tuzigoot National Monument
Features remnants of one of the largest Sinagua pueblos -- a two-storied, 110 room structure -- built between AD 1100 and 1450 AD. Walnut Canyon National Monument
Cliff dwellings were built in shallow caves under ledges of limestone by Pueblo Indians about 800 years ago. Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Protects and interprets the site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Peace Chief Black Kettle that was attacked by the 7th U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George A. Custer in 1868. Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Commemorates the mission of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman at Waiilatpu, an important way station in the early days of the Oregon Trail. Wupatki National Monument
Ruins of red sandstone pueblos built by American Indians about AD 1065 are preserved here. Yosemite National Park
Established in 1890, this Sierra Nevada park features alpine wilderness, groves of Giant Sequoias, and the glacially-carved Yosemite Valley. Former home of the Miwok Indians (also known as Ahwaneechee) for nearly 4,000 years. Yucca House National Monument
Ruins of these large prehistoric Indian pueblos are as yet unexcavated. Not open to the public.
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