Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum plans to set aside $1 million of the city’s budget for the 1921 Race Massacre Graves Investigation. The City Council would still have to approve that funding.
The 1921 Race Massacre Graves Investigation has big plans going forward. Public Oversight Committee Chair Kavin Ross said he is excited to say, pending city council approval, they will have money to pay for those plans. “This is assuredness from the city; and it’s been a long time coming,” Ross said.
Archeologists plan to go back to Oaklawn Cemetery to do more excavation work, but there is no timeline yet on when that will happen. They also want to excavate at Newblock Park and the Canes area, which is a homeless encampment just west of downtown along the Arkansas River.
Then, there is the cost of DNA analysis for remains already found. The mayor announced the million dollar decision at last week’s city council meeting.
“The City of Tulsa is contributing to this important work in a way it never has before. It is important that we not just plan, but act,” Bynum said in his speech.
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