Set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippian Culture Day will include activities and storytelling by a Native American actor and teacher. Sponsored by Missouri State Parks, the event is ...

Introduction / Bruce D. Smith -- Powell Canal : Baytown period adaptation on Bayou Macon, southeast Arkansas / John House -- The Toltec Mounds site : a ceremonial center in the Arkansas River lowland ...

Leaders say the area was inhabited by people of the Mississippian culture from 1100-1450 A.D., who purposefully built the mounds to align with celestial events.