1921年塔尔萨种族屠杀墓地调查本季收官 新发现47座无标记墓穴与2名枪伤遇难者
俄克拉荷马州塔尔萨市消息，塔尔萨市政府11月5日宣布，寻找1921年塔尔萨种族屠杀遇难者的墓地调查第六季野外工作已经结束，本季在奥克朗公墓新发现47座此前没有记录的墓穴，其中34座位于南部发掘区、13座位于西部发掘区，西部这13座中有12座埋在一处步行道下方、位于公墓现有围栏之外。法医团队对出土遗骸逐一做X光检查，又确认2人带有枪伤，一人葬于棺木、一人葬于简易木箱，至此在奥克朗公墓发现的枪伤遇难者总数达到10人。本季有9名出土者符合调查标准，将送去做DNA分析；11名不符合标准的出土者已重新安葬回原墓穴（现已划入围栏内），其余18座西部发掘区的墓穴遗骸将在法医分析后另行安葬于公墓他处。调查自启动以来已记录300多处此前不为人知的埋葬点，并确认一名遇难者身份为C.L. Daniel。1921年塔尔萨种族屠杀中，格林伍德区的黑人社区遭白人暴徒袭击，死伤人数至今没有确切统计，寻找遇难遗骸是告慰死者与家属的重要工作。市政府预计未来数月内公布本季初步汇总报告，市长Monroe Nichols表示，该调查由前市长G.T. Bynum启动，两届市政府接力八年，只为查明真相、告慰家属。
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Graves Investigation Wraps Its Season: 47 Unmarked Graves and 2 More Gunshot Victims Found
TULSA, Oklahoma — The City of Tulsa announced on November 5 that the sixth field season of the investigation into graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has concluded, with 47 previously unrecorded burials documented this season at Oaklawn Cemetery — 34 in the southern excavation area and 13 in the western area, 12 of those 13 beneath a walking trail outside the cemetery's existing fenceline. The forensic team X-rayed each set of remains and identified two more people with gunshot wounds — one buried in a casket, the other in a plain box — bringing the total number of gunshot victims found at Oaklawn to 10. Nine of those exhumed this season met the investigation's criteria and will be sent for DNA analysis; 11 who did not meet the criteria have been reburied in their original grave shafts, now within the fence, and the remaining 18 western-area burials will be reburied elsewhere in the cemetery after forensic analysis. Since the investigation began, more than 300 previously unknown burials have been documented and one victim, C.L. Daniel, has been identified. In the 1921 massacre, white mobs attacked the Black community of Greenwood; the death toll has never been firmly established, and the search for remains is central to giving families closure. The city expects a preliminary summary report in the coming months. Mayor Monroe Nichols noted the investigation was started under former Mayor G.T. Bynum and that two administrations have carried it forward over eight years to uncover the truth and bring closure to families.
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