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Wal-Mart’s history of destroying sacred sites	3.9.2009	Grist Magazine
by Sue Sturgis A re-consecration ceremony this past weekend at a damaged Indian mound in Oxford, Ala. As last month, the 1,500-year-old sacred and archaeologically significant site was partially demolished during a taxpayer-funded economic development project, with the excavated dirt to be used as fill for construction of a Sam’s Club, a retail warehouse store owned by Wal-Mart. Following protests, the city , with a local landowner reporting that his property would be the source for the fill instead. But it turns out the incident in Oxford is not the first time Arkansas-based Wal-Mart has been involved in the controversial destruction of sacred and/or archaeologically significant Native American sites. Reader Marlin Mackley brought ...
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Excavation begins on Native American burial site in Flint, Michigan	27.8.2009	NFIC News Feed
Flint, Michigan (AP) 8-09 Excavation has begun on land in Flint where Native American remains were found. The Flint Journal reports during mid-August the team of archaeologists know few details so far except the remains are part of the Anishinabek. Thats a term used to encompass indigenous people including the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7274&Itemid=116)
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Volunteers help dig into the past near Westport	18.8.2009	ICT - National
RURAL WESTPORT, S.D. (AP) – The banks of the Elm River are giving up their secrets, though not without prompting.
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Oahu Community to Judge: Make Army Hold Its Fire at Makua	14.8.2009	ENS
Oahu Community to Judge: Make Army Hold Its Fire at Makua
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Skokomish Tribe reclaims its land at site called Where Songs Come From.	5.8.2009	NFIC News Feed
By Lynda V. Mapes Camp Cushman, Washington (AP) 8-09 This lakeside vacation spot has long been known as Camp Cushman (http://www.lakecushman.com/LCWebPages/CC/index_b.htm). But recently it was once again named Place Where Songs Come From, as Skokomish tribal (http://www.skokomish.org/) members gathered to ceremonially reclaim their ancestral names for Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7152&Itemid=99999999)
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Arlington, Oregon on Columbia River and Umatilla clash over 1855 treaty	5.8.2009	NFIC News Feed
By Joseph B. Brazier Arlington, Oregon (AP) 8-09 More than 150 years after signing a treaty ceding land but preserving their hunting and fishing rights, Columbia River tribes are locked in a legal dispute with this tiny port over whether those rights can change with the course of the river. The
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Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for Sam’s Club	4.8.2009	Grist Magazine
City leaders in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam’s Club, a retail warehouse store operated by Wal-Mart.
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In pothunter country, a small effort at healing	28.7.2009	High Country News Most Recent
A Utah archaeological non-profit tries to take the edge off the locals-versus-outsiders debate.
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Recreational use of sacred sites damaging to spirituality	21.7.2009	ICT - National - Southwest
LAUGHLIN, Nev. – Randy Luden scaled a mountain of boulders etched with dozens of petroglyphs that could be thousands of years old, hoping to get as close as possible to the records of a past civilization. The Las Vegas man didn’t think he was damaging the representations made by descendants of Mojave Indians because he was careful and wore soft shoes.
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Recreational use of sacred sites damaging to spirituality	21.7.2009	ICT - National
LAUGHLIN, Nev. – Randy Luden scaled a mountain of boulders etched with dozens of petroglyphs that could be thousands of years old, hoping to get as close as possible to the records of a past civilization. The Las Vegas man didn’t think he was damaging the representations made by descendants of Mojave Indians because he was careful and wore soft shoes.
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Media Advisory: Grand Canyon Rally to Focus on Uranium Threats	18.7.2009	Commondreams.org Newswire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2009 Environmental Groups Conservation groups today announced support of the Havasupai tribe in its convening of a traditional gathering at Red Butte, a sacred site just south of the Grand Canyon. The gathering will include prayers, ceremonies, concerts, and forums focused on protecting the Grand Canyon and traditional Havasupai lands from uranium mining. Members of the public are invited to attend and add their voice in support of saying no to uranium mining. The media are invited to attend the entire event, which will include a press conference at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July ...
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The Blanding Artifact Raids Getting to the Heart of the Matter	17.7.2009	NewWest.Net All Headlines
Browsing the news stack on the Blanding, Utah artifacts raids, I finally found an editorial in the Deseret News which seemed to address what for me are the central issues. It's by George Hawkings of Bountiful who references a previous artifacts raid 23 years ago.
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Rare artifacts found on Lisbon property	17.7.2009	NFIC News Feed
By Deborah Straszheim Lisbon, Connecticut (AP) 7-09 Some young men were walking along a wooded bike path near the Quinebaug River (http://newenglandtowns.org/regional/quinebaug-river) when they found a black spearhead laying in the soil. It looked like part of an American Indian weapon. So they asked Richard Rogers, who owns the Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6993&Itemid=116)
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Arrests made in operation targeting network selling stolen Native American artifacts	16.7.2009	ICT - National
SALT LAKE CITY – Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Land Management agents, joined by the U.S. Marshals and local and state law enforcement partners, were simultaneously arresting defendants and executing search warrants in Utah June 10 following a more than two-year undercover operation targeting a network of individuals allegedly involved in the sale, purchase and exchange of artifacts illegally taken from public or Indian lands in the Four Corners region. The investigation represents the nation’s largest investigation of archaeological and cultural artifact thefts.
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National sacred sites day raises justice issues	15.7.2009	ICT - National
BOULDER, Colo. – The U.S. legal system has become antagonistic to Indian interests, including those involving sacred sites, said John Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund.
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New eyes on old Native American digs	25.6.2009	NFIC News Feed
By Matt Hildner Saguache, Colorado 6-09 Long before Colorado 114 took drivers over the gentle Cochetopa Pass between Saguache and Gunnison, the corridor of rolling hills and lush stream bottoms provided a haven for travelers on foot for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Evidence of their passage sits in the foothills above Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6814&Itemid=116)
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Tohono Oodham Nation reburying bones fear digs	9.6.2009	NFIC News Feed
By Tom Beal Tucson, Arizona (AP) 6-09 The Tohono Oodham Nation will soon rebury the remains of nearly 200 of their ancestors, dug up in the late 1970s and early 80s by teams of archaeologists working on what was then known as the Anamax-Rosemont site. They fear further disturbance of their ancestors Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6681&Itemid=116)
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Wilderness: The Next Step	8.6.2009	NewWest.Net All Headlines
A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) crowing about its victory with the Omnibus lands bill. Future generations, read the e-mail, will be grateful as they splash through narrows in Doc's Pass, watch a desert tortoise in Beaver Dam Wash or gaze open-mouthed at the view from Canaan Mountain. No false modesty here: SUWA takes credit for a narrows in the earth, a life form and a spectacular view. And they presume to speak for future generations, most of whom, I'm convinced, if SUWA had its way, would not be allowed anywhere near the narrows, the pass, the wash, the turtle or the mountain.
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Nine Mile Canyon Coalition honored for work	4.6.2009	NFIC News Feed
Salt Lake City, Utah (AP) 6-09 An Arizona-based rock art preservation and research group has honored the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition for its efforts to protect ancient artifacts in eastern Utah. The coalition and its partners - the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance - were honored during Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6635&Itemid=116)
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Southern Ariz. tribe reburying bones fear digs	3.6.2009	ICT - National
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – The Tohono O’odham Nation will soon rebury the remains of nearly 200 of their ancestors, dug up in the late 1970s and early ’80s by teams of archaeologists working on what was then known as the Anamax-Rosemont site.
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