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Current Articles Regarding Sacred Sites

April, 2008
 
Back to the earth? April 20, 2008
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA
Next month, Haynes and Beverly Wright of the American Indian Council of West Virginia will go before the NAGPRA review committee, which will recommend how ...

Bear Butte Bar Has New Owner April 18, 2008
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
A circuit judge has approved an ownership change for the County Line Bar, an establishment north of Bear Butte that has been the focus of protests by ...

Reburial on hold for 87 American Indian remains April 18, 2008
OCRegister - Santa Ana,CA,USA
BY CINDY CARCAMO HUNTINGTON BEACH – A plan to rebury the last 87 American Indian remains found on the Brightwater Hearthside Homes site on Monday is on hold ...

Conference supports reclamation of sacred Indian items, bundles April 18, 2008
Montana Kaimin - Missoula,MT,USA
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 states that museums and federal agencies have to return certain American Indian items ...

Native American panel seeks timely Bolsa remains burial April 18, 2008
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
By Joe Segura, Staff writer HUNTINGTON BEACH - The state Native American Heritage Commission wants pressure to be applied in the effort to have human ...

Disturbing unmarked graves April 9, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA
As an inquisitive girl in the 1940s, Jean Kettles Murray longed to dig up the unmarked graves near her family’s gristmill to uncover American Indian beads .

 
 
March 2008

'Cheyenne and Arapaho Revisited' at Denver March March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
Bear Butte, a mountain near Sturgis, SD, on the periphery of the Black Hills, was the topic of a presentation by Mann and her daughter, Montoya Whiteman,

Longest Walk II participants warmly welcomed in Flagstaff March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
From the holy San Francisco Peaks to Black Mesa, Yucca Mountain, Bear Butte, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Mounds and many, many more, ...

 
Protesters urge return of ancestors' remains - Latest from the Ann ...
Posted by Dave Gershman | The Ann Arbor News March 21, 2008
Protesters urge return of ancestors' remains

 

January 2008

American Indians want to rebury remains dug up by Berkeley ...January 13, 2008
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
The bones, along with 400000 American Indian artifacts, are held by the university's Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, which has a small exhibit space on campus but ...

Roseville Press Tribune - Roseville,CA,USA
The United Auburn Indian Community announced Thursday plans to purchase about 65 acres of Clover Valley. The agreement was made with owner Clover Valley ...

 
 
 

 
December 2007
 
Tribes asked to pray for Peaks December 2, 2007
Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
We must continue to stand in solidarity to address our sacred sites," Morgan said. "Our prayers will be heard as we unite in our continued efforts to ...
 
Measure offers cleanup of mines December 2, 2007
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
"It makes it a priority to protect special places like sacred sites. It sets strong public health, environmental and cleanup standards. ...
 
Archaeologists doubt oak grove at Cal stadium houses Indian remains December 2, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... neighborhood group and the California Oak Foundation sued to stop the project, saying it's too close to the Hayward Fault and would destroy sacred land. ...
 
In the light of reverence December 1, 2007
The e.press - Sacramento,CA,USA
The topic of discussion was "sacred sites", which was aided by the PBS documentary In The Light Of Reverence, chronicling some of the struggles of the
 
 
September 2007
 
American Indian photography contest entries sought September 27, 2007
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
Entries are being sought for the annual American Indian Photography contest sponsored by Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and the Cahokia Mounds Museum ...

Indian site sold to couple September 21, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent American Indian groups couldn't stop the auction Thursday of land that includes important archaeological sites related to ...

Historic Lower Windsor Indian site up for auction Thursday September 20, 2007
York Dispatch - York,PA,USA
Chris Thompson, a Susquehannock descendant, said he plans to be there with several other people of American Indian ancestry to show the new owner that at ...

Found skull belongs to Native American September 20, 2007
Ventura County Star - Ventura county,CA,USA
The skull will go to the Native American Heritage Commission, Baroni said. Baroni said it will be given to its most likely descendent. ...

Investigation continues into bones discovered at school ...September 19, 2007
Lodi News-Sentinel - Lodi,CA,USA
... American Heritage Commission, an official government agency that identifies and coordinates American Indian resources, such as remains and sacred sites. ...

Museum returns stolen lock of Sitting Bull's hair to descendants September 18, 2007
AFP -
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A US museum has decided to return a lock of hair and leggings worn by legendary American Indian chief Sitting Bull after learning that ...

Officials hope to preserve 'special, spiritual' area September 18, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
The south unit is a different world of similarly profound geographic and geologic features that is managed in cooperation with the Oglala Sioux Tribe. ...

Bones found September 15, 2007
Lodi News-Sentinel - Lodi, CA,USA
... By Amanda Dyer Workers building a new Lodi Unified school have discovered what district officials say could be American Indian remains.
 
Native American site found in park September 12, 2007
Nelson County Times - Amherst,VA,USA
At the newest site, initial digging uncovered arrowheads, stone tools and other evidence of Native American activity, Schuppin said. ...
 
Indian cave stands in highway's path September 14, 2007
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
This is to ensure no one wanders onto the site and disturbs what may be inside the cave - artifacts and remnants of American Indian life from 1000-plus ...
 
US museum returns tattooed Maori head, bones to New Zealand September 10, 2007
WAND - Decatur,IL,USA
Representatives of Maori tribes took part in the ceremony in Wellington, along with staff from The Field Museum in Chicago and American Indian First Nation ...
 
State restricts composting center on sacred land September 10, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A composting business that has been running without a permit on land that is replete with American Indian archaeological sites has been ...
 
American Indian bones discovered on channel bank September 8, 2007
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
The remains are likely from one of several American Indian sites that once lined the channel, Holson said. There is evidence a Yokut Indian village once
 
 
August 2007
 
American Indian skeleton discovered in American Fork August 28, 2007
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
State archeologists determined the remains belonged to a woman of American Indian ancestry. They used the pottery shards to help determine her age. ..
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Mounds of dedication Volunteers help protect prehistoric Native ...August 24, 2007
Suburban Journals - Town and Country,MO,USA
"We may not be able to save every one of Missouri's remaining prehistoric Native American mounds, but with volunteers, we can try to save one at a time," ...

Cahokia Mounds expanding, hoping for more archaeological finds August 21, 2007
Chicago Tribune - United States
Evidence retrieved from burial mounds and other sites suggest a hierarchical political structure, a specialized economy and significant scientific knowledge ...

Tribe fears for village site along proposed OC toll road August 20, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... the San Diego-Orange county border off Cristianitos Road, is on the state Native American Heritage Commission's register of sacred sites in California. ...

Protest organizers plan smaller Bear Butte presence August 13, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
There's a gathering planned in Rapid City and an encampment at the base of Bear Butte on land owned by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe along Highway 79, ...

Arizona case may redefine sacred land August 12, 2007
ImediNews - Tbilisi,Georgia
... A legal fight begun by a small Native American tribe over a construction project in Yuma, Ariz., could potentially redefine the concept of sacred land. ...

 

July 2007

Group to pray at Bear Butte during rally July 27, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By AP STURGIS - An American Indian group plans to hold a spiritual encampment at the base of Bear Butte during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally next month. ...

 
June 2007
 
Skull From the 1700s Found in Hollister Garage June 28, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
But they do know it dates back to the 1700s and is from an adult male American Indian, said Rosie Betanio, spokeswoman for the Hollister Police Department.
 
Sacred site focus of tribal tug of war June 25, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
"It got here a lot sooner than I expected," said Lorey Cachora, an authority on tribal sacred sites. "It's going to be something we all learn from, ...
 
Mohegans Restore Ancient Burial Ground June 21, 2007
Houston Chronicle - United States
But several hundred burial grounds and other sacred sites remain threatened by development, according to Harjo. In Connecticut, the Mohegans tried for
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Ceremony at sunrise to honor places, people June 21, 2007
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
The sunrise ceremony at the Wakarusa Wetlands will be a part of the National Day of Prayer for the Native Sacred Sites. After a short program, ...

 
 
JUNE 21 SET FOR 2007 NATIONAL PRAYER DAY FOR NATIVE SACRED PLACES June 21, 2007
UN Observer -
The Inter-Tribal Sacred Land Trust ( http://www.itslt.org ) is working to promote the protection of sacred sites throughout the southeastern United States,
...
 
Geronimo's great-grandson wants bones returned June 21, 2007
Boston Globe - United States
John Fryar, a retired Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent in antiquities recovery and a member of Acoma Pueblo, said if the secret society does have ..
 
Peace and prayer day seeks to unite cultures June 20, 2007
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... established the first World Peace & Prayer Day (WPPD) in 1996 to encourage people to honor and pray for Grandmother Earth at sacred sites worldwide. ...
 
Geronimo's great-grandson wants bones returned June 17,2007
Boston Globe - United States
John Fryar, a retired Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent in antiquities recovery and a member of Acoma Pueblo, said if the secret society does have
...
 
World peace, prayer day held in Utah June 16, 2007
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
He has also done ceremonies at sacred sites in Canada, Minnesota, Costa Rica (at the United Nations University for Peace), Ireland, South Africa (with Ela ...
 
Tribes notified of historic burial ground June 16, 2007
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
... would warn Helen Boots not to go into the nearby cemetery, where the ghosts of native people would reach out from their burial mounds and snatch her. ...
 
Tribe's buildings on list of endangered historic sites June 14, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
John Fryar, a retired investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a member of the Acoma Pueblo tribe in New Mexico, said he has seen numerous Native ...
 
Honor Sacred Sites Day - National Day of Prayer June 14, 2007
Tanasi Journal - Knoxville,TN,USA
The National Day of Prayer to Protect Native American Sacred Places is being observed at the Native American Rights Fund on June 21, 2007.

Preservationists try to save Ohio Indian site June 13, 2007
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
AP - June 13, 2007 8:35 AM ET BOURNEVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A coalition has agreed to buy and preserve an ancient American Indian site in southern Ohio. ...

American Indian artifacts, cultural pieces find home June 13, 2007
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
The museum houses priceless ancient artifacts and other American Indian cultural items that had been in other Arizona museums for years before being ...

 
Meade County pulls plug on Bear Butte bar's beer license June 7, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
STURGIS -- The Meade County Commission voted unanimously today not to renew the beer license for Jay Allen's Sturgis County Line Saloon near Bear Butte.

Broken Spoke owner leaves unpaid bills June 6, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
STURGIS - Broken Spoke Saloon owner Jay Allen, who built the controversial Sturgis County Line rally venue north of Bear Butte last year, ...

Most Bear Butte Alcohol Licenses Renewed June 6, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Alcohol licenses for several businesses that operate between Sturgis and Bear Butte have been renewed by the Meade County Commission.

Tribal Burial Mounds Returned To Ho Chunk Nation June 5, 2007
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. -- Some very special and historic land was returned to its rightful owners on Monday. In a special ceremony, the Wisconsin Department

Smithsonian to turn over Native American remains June 3, 2007
McClatchy Washington Bureau - USA
By Les Blumenthal. WASHINGTON - The skeletal remains of six members of the Nisqually tribe are stored in wooden boxes in the Smithsonian Institution's

 
 
May 2007
 
U.S. Department of Justice Chooses to Continue Desecration of Sacred Site May 31st, 2007
Flagstaff, AZ -- On Wednesday, May 30th the United States Department of Justice on behalf of the Forest Service filed for a rehearing and appeal "en banc" in the case to protect the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona.

New O'odham chairman wants to do business May 31st, 2007
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
We are held captive in our own environment and our sacred sites are often desecrated by vehicle and human traffic. Because of the increase in Border Patrol ...

 
Survey To Map Chatham's Archaeological Sites May 31st, 2007
Cape Cod Chronicle - Chatham,MA,USA
The first category, Native American sites, can be identified by their stone tools, campsites, trails, shell mounds and burial grounds

3M donates to help protect Indian mounds May 28th, 2007
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
The Oakville Indian Mounds, an 83-acre site owned by the Lawrence County Board of Education, is home to the Oakville Ceremonial Woodland Mound and the

Site may be named historic landmark May 28th, 2007
Suffolk News-Herald - Suffolk,VA,USA
"It's from different time periods, but because you have both Native American and English (artifacts), it shows it was a very good location to live," said

Nippenose Valley burial grounds should not be neglected May 27, 2007
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Williamsport,PA,USA
The association also has held an annual cleanup day to keep the sacred land groomed. A number of Nippenose Valley people have put forth particularly ...

 
Mound still considered for landmark, By LISA KACZKE, Staff Writer May 25, 2007
International Falls Daily Journal - International Falls,MN,USA
The nomination for national landmark status is for the part of the 67-acres that the 2200-year-old burial mounds are actually located on and not the entire
 
Sky ride opening nears despite concerns over burial ground May 24, 2007
KTEN, TX
But the platform for the ride is built on a burial ground of the Sac and Fox Nation and the tribe wants to keep the ride closed
 
Sacred Lands, Sewer Snow May 17, 2007
In These Times, IL -
Just south of the Grand Canyon and seven miles north of Flagstaff, the volcanic San Francisco Peaks loom 12000 feet above the Arizona landscape
 
Native American remains reburied in Black Hills May 17, 2007
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
The remains were re-interred under provisions of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act at a spot chosen years ago by Lakota holy man Frank Fools ...
 
Sacred Ground May 14, 2007
San Clemente Times, California
An ancient California Indian burial site rests on the southern edge of town—and right in the middle of the Foothill-South (241) Toll Road debate
 
Indian Mounds' Owner Contemplates a Landfill May 14, 2007
NPR - USA
by Maria Hickey. Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? (see NPR's privacy policy). May we contact you with information ...

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site dedicated May 14, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Today, the Cheyenne people are currently fighting to protect another site, Noavose or Bear Butte, the birthplace of our nation and the center of our ...

THE DIRT ON BARRICK GOLD May 10, 2007
Now Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Barrick continues to operate its Cortez gold mine on sacred land claimed as native territory by the Western Shoshone Defense Project, a group of the ...

Artifacts pit American Indians against museums May 10, 2007
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
... announced a regulation requiring museums, universities and federal agencies in possession of American Indian art and artifacts to provide new lists of ...

Killsback: Protecting Noavose May 4, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Protecting our sacred sites shows the Cheyenne peoples' inherent cultural sovereignty,'' Killsback said. ''Noavose is the Mount Sinai of the Cheyenne

Cultural site visit part of zoning change decision May 4, 2007
Lihue Garden Island - Lihue,HI,USA
Kaohelaulii said the number of historical, cultural and sacred sites in the area have been reduced from over 70 to the current 17.

Native American Group wants Barrick Gold Corporation off its ...May 2, 2007
CSRwire.com (press release) - USA
... a grassroots Native American group based in Nevada and supported by Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization.
 
 
 
April 2007
 
Tribe helps preserve Cowee Mound in Macon April 25, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC -
“The members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians are fulfilling their responsibilities ... that there would always be Cherokee on this land,
 
Law provides few protections for Indian mounds April 25, 2007
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC
And to further confuse things, platform mounds — with straight sides and a structure on top — were sometimes built on top of the more humped burial mounds,

Native American Remains Found Near River Road April 25, 2007
WLKY - Louisville,KY,USA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A burial site with the remains of at least 33 Native Americans has been unearthed at a residential construction site near the Ohio

Indian remains found at Miami building site April 23, 2007
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
MIAMI - Ancient human remains from an extinct American Indian tribe have been unearthed near a downtown condominium construction site, officials said.
 
Etowah Indian Mounds hosts Native American feast May 12- April 20, 2007
Rome News-Tribune, GA 
Proceeds for this event go to the "Friends of Etowah Indian Mounds" for the preservation and improvement of this wonderful prehistoric Native American site.
 
Native American Burial Ground Unearthed April 20, 2007
WTVC - Chattanooga,TN,USA
It's being called a significant find, Native American remains dating back possibly 11 hundred years. The burial ground was unearthed recently at a
 
Museums group investigated over Indian remains April 19, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
The federal government is investigating a possible violations by St. Joseph Museums Inc. of a law protecting American Indian remains, an attorney told the
 
Bill Wangemann column: Mound builders left their mark April 15, 2007
Sheboygan Press, WI -
Many times, but not always, these mounds were burial mounds and contained not only the remains of the person buried but also artifacts such as arrowheads,
 
Ancient history April 14, 2007
The Missourian, MO -
Thousands of years ago another civilization inhabited Missouri. All that's left today are the mounds. American Indian burial mounds, like this one in

Sewer Line Dig Unearths Controversy April 13, 2007
SUNY The New Paltz Oracle - New Paltz,NY,USA
The discoveries include human remains, which are thought to be American Indian, and evidence of an American Indian longhouse, according to Eric Roth, ...

New rule may help Native American tribes reclaim artifacts April 13, 2007
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
In mid-March, the Department of the Interior's National NAGPRA program, which helps carry out the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, ...

Homeowner sues after Indian remains found in house April 7, 2007
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
Buried American Indian bones were not part of the deal a Brooklyn investor sealed when he bought a Highland Beach, Fla., home two years ago. ...
 
Protect Medicine Lake April 7, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... and again, again, we plead and beg for the Courts to understand what is simply right - respect for all Sacred Sites - Respect for Medicine Lake. ...
 
Ancient human skeletons are found April 5, 2007
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
Kowall said no Native American groups have claimed rights to the remains, and unless any do, it's likely they will be reburied in a garden near the church.
 
Native Peoples & Environmental Justice Allies Protest Department ...April 5, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by advocate for sacred sites ( mstargali [at] gmail.com ). Native Peoples and Environmental Groups to Protest US Department of Justice in SF to Demand ...
 
Ohio residents sentenced in American Indian looting case April 5, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Six Ohio residents were sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to looting an American Indian archaeological site in western Kentucky, .
 
Between Heaven & Earth April 4, 2007
LA City Beat, CA -
The federal law governing tribal artifacts, the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, did not apply to this site because
 
March 2007

The Sacred Shellmound Walkers March 31, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Kudos to Wounded Knee, Corina Gould, Morning Star, Perry Matlock, many others who have continued to visit these Sacred Sites in pilgrimage over which the ...

The 9th US Circuit protects the sanctity of a Native American ...March 24, 2007
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
After a disappointing ruling on the upgrade proposal for Arizona Snowbowl, overturning a previous US District Court decision allowing snowmaking and other ...

Search continues at airport for native artifacts March 24, 2007
Shoreline Times - Guilford,CT,USA
Friends of Hammonasset member Dr. Don Rankin, who has studied the Native American culture of the area for over 20 years, said the Griswold Airport site has ...

Please join upcoming protest at DOJ to protect Medicine Lake!! March 22, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
James Hayward Sr., Co-Chair of the Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, said "If the Creator wanted such development in that area there would not ...
 
Natives struggle with sacred site catch-22 March 20, 2007
Cowichan Valley News Leader - Duncan,British Columbia,Canada
... at the University of Victoria, believes if the ritual isn�t spoken about at some level, the Coast Salish are in danger of losing the sacred sites.
 
Groups Challenge Dump Site
Forbes, NY - Mar 15, 2007
The Illinois Pollution Control Board hearing was sought by the environmental groups Illinois Sierra Club and American Bottom Conservancy, who on Tuesday ...
 
9th Circuit Courts Rule: No Sewage on Sacred Land March 15, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Native American rights groups say the courts ruling is a first for recognizing Native American Religious Freedoms over government action. ...
 
Court Blocks Snowmaking at Indian Sites March 15, 2007
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Indian groups and environmentalists concerned that fast and sprawling development in the West has infringed on many sacred sites have followed the case.
 
Guatemalan Mayas to Exorcise Bush March 12, 2007
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
... indigenous people attended a vigil and a Mayan ceremony in Tecpan city to protest the visit by US President George W. Bush to sacred sites on Monday.

Bones found near Indian Beach March 9, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
SARASOTA -- The remains of what appears to be an American Indian have at least one local archeologist both excited and dismayed.

Sturgis students study Bear Butte controversy March 3, 2007
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
On Wednesday, students in Kerry Skinner’s seventh-grade class took a project concerning the Bear Butte buffer zone controversy to a competition in Pierre

 

February 2007

McCloud River land sale tied to Shasta Dam raising proposal February 21, 2007
Mount Shasta Herald - Mt. Shasta,CA,USA
“Any raising of the dam, even a few feet, will flood some of our last remaining sacred sites on the McCloud River sites we still use today,” said Caleen

Oak Grove May Be Native American Burial Site February 20, 2007
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
Rediscovered evidence of Native American burials at the site of UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium—omitted in university environmental documents—raises new

County hears public speak about museum's Indian mound February 20, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
About 11 people, including developer William Manfull, neighbors and representatives from the American Indian Movement, spoke to commissioners during the

Sacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta Faces Destruction! February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Who: Speakers at the protest include Jonothan Freeman of Seventh Generation Fund, Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Radley Davis and Mark LeBeau

Burial mound put on auction block February 19, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
The Native American burial mound could be in jeopardy, however, as developers eye the historic site, which was put on the market recently by the South

Developer Bulldozing Sacred Sites in Marin County? February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by brightpathvideo. Marin County has been blessed with abundant open space preserves and special locales thanks to the hard work and dedication of teams of

 

Sitting Bull's survivors want remains moved February 22, 2007
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
Then the Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota arranged to have the family enrolled there.

Oak Grove May Be Native American Burial Site February 20, 2007
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
Rediscovered evidence of Native American burials at the site of UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium—omitted in university environmental documents—raises new

County hears public speak about museum's Indian mound February 20, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
About 11 people, including developer William Manfull, neighbors and representatives from the American Indian Movement, spoke to commissioners during the

Sacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta Faces Destruction! February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Who: Speakers at the protest include Jonothan Freeman of Seventh Generation Fund, Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Radley Davis and Mark LeBeau

Burial mound put on auction block February 19, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
The Native American burial mound could be in jeopardy, however, as developers eye the historic site, which was put on the market recently by the South

Developer Bulldozing Sacred Sites in Marin County? February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by brightpathvideo. Marin County has been blessed with abundant open space preserves and special locales thanks to the hard work and dedication of teams of

Morgan Hill Indian Remains Will Likely Stay Put January 25, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - The American Indian remains found on a construction site will probably remain where they are, and work at the site can continue

WORK CREWS IN MORGAN HILL FIND NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS January 24, 2007
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Larry Myers, the executive secretary of the Sacramento-based California Native American Heritage Commission said that the organization will work to find the

Construction Workers Unearth Ancient American Indian Remains January 23, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - Bones that are believed to be the 1000-year-old remains of an American Indian were unearthed Monday afternoon at a construction site on

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 23, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 22, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Gregoire, tribe announce settlement over indian burial site January 22, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
... million dollars to tribal and local officials in Port Angeles, to settle disputes over the state's disturbance of an ancient American Indian village.

NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect prehistoric burial mounds January 8, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the city would consider adopting a mound protection ordinance "to protect our prehistoric Native American burial mounds."

5 men caught poaching American Indian artifacts in Thonotosassa January 6, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County have been arrested and charged with trespassing, ...
 

 
 
January 2007
 
Bones may indicate Indian burial site January 31, 2007
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
COLUMBUS, Ind. -- A man hunting for arrowheads found large pieces of three human skulls and other bones that might be part of an American Indian burial
 
Bones Found Believed to be from Ancient Burial Mound January 31, 2007
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Pat Thompson was scouring the banks of White River, Monday in search of Native American artifacts when he found a leg bone
 
UF's bones of contention January 30, 2007
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
But in so doing, the museum inadvertently violated federal guidelines designed to ensure American Indian groups are given full opportunity to reclaim them
 
CACTUS KINGDOM January 30, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
They could have been markers identifying sacred sites, tribal boundaries or trails. Perhaps they served as family or clan totems or recorded important

Archaeologist leaves digs for security job January 30, 2007
Dickson Herald - Dickson,TN,USA
Since then his opinion has held sway on concerns varying from the disturbance of Native American graves to fossils unearthed by development

Senate kills Bear Butte zoning bill January 30, 2007
Rapid City Journal, SD 
Tom Katus, D-Rapid City, sponsored the bill, saying it was in response to protests about bars and concert venues encroaching on Bear Butte during the

Bear Butte liquor license dispute headed for state Supreme Court January 28, 2007
Indian Country Today, NY 
The battle to stop owners from opening huge biker bar venues within sight and sound of Bear Butte grew this past summer and challenges the Meade County

Land sale leads to worries over dam January 27, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Indians worry that their access to sacred sites could be blocked by Westlands. "Our purpose in buying the property was only to ensure there would be no

Demonstration to Be Held to Protect Sacred Sites January 26, 2007
SF.Indymedia.org - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sponsors of the event include Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Seventh Generation Fund, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice,

Saving the story under our feet January 26, 2007
New Times SLO - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
Northern Chumash Tribal Council spokesperson Fred Collins is calling for the preservation of all archaeological sites including "sacred sites" that are on

Morgan Hill Indian Remains Will Likely Stay Put January 25, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - The American Indian remains found on a construction site will probably remain where they are, and work at the site can continue

WORK CREWS IN MORGAN HILL FIND NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS January 24, 2007
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Larry Myers, the executive secretary of the Sacramento-based California Native American Heritage Commission said that the organization will work to find the

Construction Workers Unearth Ancient American Indian Remains January 23, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - Bones that are believed to be the 1000-year-old remains of an American Indian were unearthed Monday afternoon at a construction site on

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 23, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 22, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Gregoire, tribe announce settlement over indian burial site January 22, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
... million dollars to tribal and local officials in Port Angeles, to settle disputes over the state's disturbance of an ancient American Indian village.

American Indians seek voice in zoning talks January 13, 2007
Rapid City Journal, SD 
Bear Butte is considered sacred by a number of tribes, and a number of religious ceremonies are held there throughout the year.

NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect prehistoric burial mounds January 8, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the city would consider adopting a mound protection ordinance "to protect our prehistoric Native American burial mounds."

5 men caught poaching American Indian artifacts in Thonotosassa January 6, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County have been arrested and charged with trespassing, ...

 


 

 

Sitting Bull's survivors want remains moved February 22, 2007
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
Then the Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota arranged to have the family enrolled there.

Oak Grove May Be Native American Burial Site February 20, 2007
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
Rediscovered evidence of Native American burials at the site of UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium—omitted in university environmental documents—raises new

County hears public speak about museum's Indian mound February 20, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
About 11 people, including developer William Manfull, neighbors and representatives from the American Indian Movement, spoke to commissioners during the

Sacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta Faces Destruction! February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Who: Speakers at the protest include Jonothan Freeman of Seventh Generation Fund, Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Radley Davis and Mark LeBeau

Burial mound put on auction block February 19, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
The Native American burial mound could be in jeopardy, however, as developers eye the historic site, which was put on the market recently by the South

Developer Bulldozing Sacred Sites in Marin County? February 19, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by brightpathvideo. Marin County has been blessed with abundant open space preserves and special locales thanks to the hard work and dedication of teams of

Morgan Hill Indian Remains Will Likely Stay Put January 25, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - The American Indian remains found on a construction site will probably remain where they are, and work at the site can continue

WORK CREWS IN MORGAN HILL FIND NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS January 24, 2007
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Larry Myers, the executive secretary of the Sacramento-based California Native American Heritage Commission said that the organization will work to find the

Construction Workers Unearth Ancient American Indian Remains January 23, 2007
Hollister Free Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - Bones that are believed to be the 1000-year-old remains of an American Indian were unearthed Monday afternoon at a construction site on

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 23, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 22, 2007
KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against the museums included an expert in Native American artifacts who said he met with the museums board last fall.

Gregoire, tribe announce settlement over indian burial site January 22, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
... million dollars to tribal and local officials in Port Angeles, to settle disputes over the state's disturbance of an ancient American Indian village.

NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect prehistoric burial mounds January 8, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the city would consider adopting a mound protection ordinance "to protect our prehistoric Native American burial mounds."

5 men caught poaching American Indian artifacts in Thonotosassa January 6, 2007
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in Hillsborough County have been arrested and charged with trespassing, ...

 


2006 Articles

Ancient American Indian remains in limbo in SC November 13, 2006
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... at the Savannah River Site might be as many as 6,000 years old, said Barbara Morningstar Paul, the state program coordinator for Native American Affairs.

Stolen artifacts shatter ancient culture November 13, 2006
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... core looters school themselves in archaeology and zealously ... a Web site for Native American artifact collectors ... Search for "Indian artifacts" on Google and you

Convicted antiquities dealer claims he was digger, collector, not ...November 13, 2006
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... career as a digger and trader of Native American artifacts. He admits being caught many times on government lands and Indian reservations while unearthing

PG&E Apologizes to Ariz. Indian Tribe November 11, 2006
FOX News - USA
... Gas&Electric apologized for desecrating the sacred site of an American Indian tribe when it ... berms and furrows forms a series of lines that tribal ancients are

Arrest at dig end careers of 2 sheriff's deputies November 11, 2006
AZ Central.com, AZ -
... "I did some things wrong . . . (But) it was a witch hunt . . . I've never profited from anything to do with Indian artifacts, period.".

News from around Minnesota November 7, 2006
Pioneer Press, MN -
... (AP) - A team of archaeologists has found American Indian artifacts near Minnemishinona Falls on a site recently purchased by Nicollet County

Desecration Bridge November 7, 2006
SitNews - Ketchikan,AK,USA
... Ketchikan Indian Community does not speak for the Taan ... human remains or an unmarked graves law, §41.35.190(c ... NAGPRA is an acronym from Native American Graves &....

US court backs tribe in fight over Calpine plant November 6, 2006
Reuters -
... The Pit River Tribe sued in federal court over the plan in 2002, saying the 66-square-mile Medicine Lake Highlands is sacred ground even if not part of the

Feds bust Native American artifact looters November 1, 2006
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
... man set for sentencing Wednesday in new Eugene federal courthouse as authorities reveal details of 3-year probe into looting of Native American artifacts.

Tuscarora Indians protest rights to battleground November 1, 2006
Kinston Free Press, NC -
... ECU is keeping the remains and artifacts under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), a federal law passed in 1990.

Cherokee Talk Planned At Grave Creek Mound October 28, 2006
Wheeling Intelligencer, WV -
... In addition, he acts as a liaison between the Cherokee National and appropriate ... Complex features one of the largest and most famous burial mounds built by the

Indian mound to be returned to the Cherokee October 25, 2006
News 14 Carolina, NC -
... privately owned for more than a century will be returned to the Cherokee. The mound in western North Carolina is one of the few undisturbed mounds remaining in

MEMBER EXCHANGE: Excavation revealing signs of an ancient people .October 6, 2006
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... who'd like to see the remains responsibly studied, and for American Indian groups, who ... excavation could delay construction and decrease the land available for...

Bones found in museum buried in a traditional Native American ...October 6, 2006
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... building. Someone found the bones among cans of paint in a cardboard box. A note indicated the bones were those of a Native American. A ...

Tribe memorializes reburial of remains September 23, 2006
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... The state hired archaeology crews that have been working at the site on and off ... Cama Beach, he said, was the site of an American Indian village that could date..
 
Native American artifacts available at special auction September 23, 2006
Newport Independent - Newport,AR,USA
By Melissa Lore / Independent Reporter. For more than 50 years Steven J. Graham of Tuckerman collected Indian artifacts and arrowheads ...
 
Antiquities Act helps to preserve cultural sites September 20, 2006
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Dorothy Firecloud, Rosebud Sioux and Devils Tower National Park's first American Indian superintendent, said that 85 percent of the climbers respected the ...
Find near Foxwoods may rewrite history September 9, 2006
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
... it uncovered more than 8,100 Indian artifacts at a ... McBride explained American Indians 9,000 years ago didn't ... archaeologist at the Public Archaeology Survey Team...
 
Reburied cave items finally back at museum September 9, 2006
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
... on the federal repatriation law, the Royal ... Congress enacted the Native American Graves measure in 1990 ... federal agencies to return American Indian, Hawaiian and...
 
Coldwater: Sacred site isn’t real estate September 8, 2006
Pulse of the Twin Cities - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... found not to qualify as a Native American sacred site in ... that can afford Coldwater Park is law enforcement, supported ... and to try to separate Indian people from...
 
American Indian artifacts unearthed on former hospital grounds