An anecdote related to ruins. I made a pit-stop at the Timbisha-Shoshone tribe's reservation when visiting Death valley. They clearly had a long-running feud wi

An anecdote related to ruins. I made a pit-stop at the Timbisha-Shoshone tribe's reservation when visiting Death valley. They clearly had a long-running feud with the federal government about land (often mentioning that they felt like cattle when someone erected a fence around them). I asked them where I could see some historic Indian artifacts in the area - paintings, burial grounds and the like and they were pretty offended that I had the gall to enquire such stuff. I guess for most native Americans not enough time has passed for the wounds to heal and there is a sense of humiliation when folks show up expecting a good photo op as if they are some extinct civilization.