Sunday, May 12, 2013

Catalina exhibit illuminates a dark episode in island's past

'The Strange and Mysterious Case of Dr. Glidden' tells the story of a man who created public entertainment from native inhabitants' bones.



The Catalina Island Museum has opened a window into a dark period of life on the island with an exhibition devoted to a pseudoscientist who looted Native American graves for profit eight decades ago.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/VTXxiTKAbIE/la-me-catalina-bones-20130512,0,3913811.story

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