Sumerian Roots of the Dakota Sioux Hopewell Mound Builders Gods
There is a degree of ambiguity in assigning shapes to represent different gods. I believe that contacts with eastern Mediterranean peoples influenced many of the attributes of the gods or even the gods themselves. The fact that the Sioux had major and minor gods appears to have its roots in Sumerian and Babylonia religions. One thing is certain and that is that these large earthworks were constructed to be seen from the air by the deity.
There has been little or no work by academia in trying to decipher the codex of the Hopewell's shapes and effigies within their earthwork complex. While not a perfect fit, Sioux's 8 gods conform to the perceived meaning of the various earthwork complexes and I believe provides overwhelming evidence that the "Hopewell" were Sioux Indians.
