The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. A city council voted unanimously Monday to return the land. The mound, part of a Cherokee mother town, has been privately owned since the 1940s. The site will be part of a cultural corridor the tribal nation is establishing, including an interpretive center next to the site. The mound is part of a series of earthen mounds in North Carolina that were central to Cherokee civilization before forced removal. The return is part of a broader movement to restore Indigenous homelands.
