Native American Tribe Finds Slave Cemetery in Little Rock

A group with Arkansas connections says an unmarked slave cemetery has been discovered in Pulaski County on its newly purchased property. The cemetery has been found on a 160-acre plot of land near the Little Rock Port Authority on Thibault Rd. that was recently bought by the Quapaw Tribe to preserve its history. “It’s a very important piece of land to us. It’s part of our original reservation,” says business chairman John Berrey. Berrey says the site is where the group called home before being forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s. Read More: Native American Tribe Finds Slave Cemetery in Little Rock