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Points North: A discovery in the Straits

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Philip Hutchinson, provided by Terri Wilkerson
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A group of tribal citizens and activists have uncovered a potential cultural site at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac from close to 10,000 years ago — the end of the last Ice Age. Researchers say it could be a major archeological find.

 

 

But the site is in a precarious place. It straddles Line 5, the oil and gas pipeline, where oil company Enbridge wants to build an underwater tunnel.

 

 

Lexi Krupp reports on science and the environment. Previously, she worked for Gimlet Media where she helped the Science Vs team distinguish what's fact from what's not. Her work has appeared in Audubon, Popular Science, VICE, and elsewhere.