The UNESCO designation has not solved the problem of American public awareness.

Many Americans who have traveled to the great archaeological sites of other continents have never heard of a monument in their own backyard that is recognized by the same international body as being of comparable significance to those sites.

The parking lots at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site are not typically crowded.

The Native Nations and the Living Heritage

One of the most important corrections to the dominant American narrative about Cahokia is the recognition that the people of Cahokia did not simply vanish when the city was abandoned.

They dispersed, yes.