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Jun 8, 2021 · Researchers said Tuesday that they have now uncovered 15 more burials in an Oaklawn Cemetery mass grave since an October test excavation revealed 12 in their search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims, bringing the total to 27 presumed sets of remains with still more "very likely" to be discovered.
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Jun 4, 2021 · Today, the City of Tulsa began the first phase of its excavation and analysis of the Original 18 site at Oaklawn Cemetery led by the University of Oklahoma - Oklahoma Archaeological Survey (OAS) and the 1921 Graves Physical Investigation Committee. Crews worked today to better define the boundaries of the mass grave feature that was discovered ...
Jun 8, 2021 · CNN — There are now 27 graves that have been uncovered at an excavation site for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery. That is 15 new burials since the...
May 27, 2021 · Kary Stackelbeck, the State Archeologist of the State of Oklahoma, announced in October that a mass grave was found in the “Original 18” site at Oaklawn.
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Jul 12, 2024 · Currently, there are four burials with evidence of trauma or possible trauma. Burials 42 (gunshot victim from second excavation), 45, 101, and 27 (gunshot victim from first excavation) are not all located next to one another and were found in three separate areas.
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Jun 2, 2021 · In the effort to determine whether a mass grave discovered last fall is linked to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, OU archaeologists are helping lead the process of exhuming the remains. The full excavation and analysis of a site at Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, led by the University of Oklahoma – Oklahoma Archeological Survey and the 1921 Graves ...