‘Dawg Fans Bring Bedlam’: Mississippi State Fans, Players Take Never-Give-Up Spirit to Omaha
Dr. Pete Smith, a journalism professor at Mississippi State and an advisory board member of the Mississippi Free Press, originally published this essay on the history of the MSU baseball team’s never-give-up spirit on June 20 as the Bulldogs were headed to Omaha to compete in the College World Series. Now, Mississippi State is national […]
More Than Bones and Science: Stolen Chickasaw Remains Finally Returning Home to Rest
In March 2021, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced that it has repatriated 403 Native American remains and 83 lots of burial objects to the Chickasaw Nation, the largest return of human remains in the state’s history and the first for the department. The repatriation started a year ago in January 2020 and is ongoing as the department is about halfway through the process.