America’s history is being seen through different lenses as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Over the last century, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History has stored the remains of hundreds of Native Americans who once inhabited the state. Most of the remains were found in the Mississippi Delta and range from 750 to 1,800 years old. Now, 403 Chickasaw ancestors have been returned to their people and will be laid in their final resting place on Mississippi soil. Many remains in Mississippi were discovered by Delta farmers developing land in the 1950s to 1970s. Please respect the individuals that are resting here.”There are still more than 1,000 remains to be identified and returned to tribes in Mississippi alone.