Garden of the Gods and Princess Moonbeam

1950’s-era Garden of the Gods brochure.

Princess Moonbeam was a mummy kept on display at the Garden of the Gods
Totem Pole Trading Post
from the 1930s through at least the 1950s. Exploitation of
Native American remains formally ended with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
in 1990.

(Images borrowed from the historical website And Everything Else Too)

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