Aztalan State Park — Attraction in Town of Aztalan

I visited Aztalan, for the very first time, on the first day of this new year. It was very chilly. What a fascinating place, with posters sharing valuable information about the mounds, the tools the Aztalan peoples used, their lifestyle, history, etc. You can circle all the way around the park to learn about the Aztalan peoples and see the Crawfish River, while you're at it. The wooden poles form a fence almost all the way around - showing you the premises in which the Aztalan peoples lived inside. There are wooden poles sectioning off into squares that look like they might've been storehouses/housing at some point. I think that the walls were covered in clay, at one point. It's interesting because the space is so quiet and peaceful. Suddenly, one day, the Aztalan civilization disappeared. It's said that, perhaps, they moved to Cahokia. There's no actual answer. Therefore, this place is quite mysterious. It's a fantastic place to visit for seeking clarity. The air is so pure and the atmosphere is so...

Really lame idea for a park. First the white men, for whatever reason, tear down a huge Indian mound. Then they try to rebuild it exactly how it was using their earth moving machines. This would be like tearing down the Sistine Chapel only to replace it with a small wooden shack. And then there is a fence, like 20 feet long, which is supposed to show that there was a longer one that surrounded the place. Why not build one that would surround to really show what it looked like? And to top it all off, the place is mis-named because the white discoverer mistakingly thought it was the Aztec people from Mexico that lived there when it was a whole different tribe which is a slap in the face to them! So if you don't mind big and open boring spaces with not much to really see and a place that has been desecrated by white men, then this...

As indigenous people, the one thing my husband & I would like to see at this spot would be a Spiritual Marker, telling people to be respectful around the burial mounds. Even though there are some overgrown stairs on the main large burial mound, people really shouldn't be walking all over it, or the smaller mounds. Walking on top of the lookout mound is one thing... but walking over a burial site is pretty disrespectful & while we were there, we saw LOTS of Non-Native people walking all over that mound. All that being said, this is a great site. Really well preserved & educational. I highly recommend it. But please be respectful of...