Missouri: No longer the target of an ancient, tribal curse?

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources was hoardin’ the bones of ancient ancestors. The Sac and Fox Nation wanted ’em back. A lawsuit filed by the tribe against the DNR was expected to start today in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, but we’re hearing reports from our sister paper in St. Louis that the parties have reached a settlement.

In previous depositions from the nearly decade-long litigation, Sandra K. Massey, the Sac and Fox historic-preservation officer in Oklahoma, had ominous predictions for those who have kept the dead from their eternal rest.