And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tusweca wrote: > > > January 14/99- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette > > http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/bdduck14.html > > > > "POCAHONTAS -- Randolph County Chancellor Tom Hilburn has ruled > > orally that duck hunters can continue using a gravel road through > > private property to access Schaeffer's Eddy, a popular boat launch ramp > > on the Black River near Pocahontas. > > > > "I have received no written opinion from Judge Hilburn," Gazaway said in > > a prepared statement Wednesday. "Schaeffer's Eddy will now go into the > > national spotlight as a landmark case on the private property rights and > > [American Indian] burial sites issues in America today. > > "All concerned private landowners should become more aware as this > > case now goes [to appeal]," he added. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to > > justice everywhere."... > > > > Julie Morrow, an Arkansas State University archaeologist, conducted > > minor excavations at Gazaway's property and discovered what she said was > > likely an Indian settlement under his land... > > > > Archaeologists also determined bones found on the land about 15 feet > > from the road were 1,000-1,500 years old and may have been from a 7- to > > 13-year-old Indian child... > > > > Throesch drafted a three-paragraph order last week that includes > > preventing Gazaway from disturbing or blocking the access road. It also > > allows the Arkansas Archeological Survey to mark stretches of the road > > that lie over an American Indian site the survey mapped in 1994. That > > section of the road will not be graded or graveled, Throesch's order > > reads... > > > > Cline added that testimony from Arkansas Archeological Survey director > > Thomas Green indicated that the entire roadway was archaeologically > > significant... > > "They are real, significant sites there," he said. "There is no question > > that grading had an impact on that site." > > > > >From the Democrat-Gazette: > > "The landowner says he wants to close the road to protect an American > > Indian burial site rife with remains and artifacts he has found on his > > property near Pocahontas." (Arkansas) > > "Gazaway built a fence to block his road, which at the time was nothing > > more than a dirt track." > > > > The plans are to construct a gravel road to the ramp which will disturb > > the site located there. We were told the site is significant enough to > > be included on the National Historic Register. > > > > § 13-6-403. State plan for the conservation of archeological resources > > in Arkansas. > > > > (a) The public has a right to the knowledge to be derived and gained > > from the scientific study of human > > skeletal burial remains and burial furniture. > > > > (b) Therefore, when justified by "A State Plan for the Conservation of > > Archeological Resources in Arkansas" as promulgated by the State > > Archeologist and the State Historic Preservation Officer, the > > investigation, excavation, removal, and analysis of human skeletal > > burial remains and burial furniture is authorized and, if done, must be > > carried out with the consent of the landowner and consulation with the > > appropriate tribe, if identifiable, and under the direction of > > archeologists employed by the state or the United States government or > > by archeologists meeting the United States Department of Interior's > > professional qualifications standards found in the current Code of > > Federal Regulations. > > No consultation with any 'tribes' has been done nor has provisions of > > the Sec 106 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act been met. > > Please help stop this threat to a very significant Native Site. > > > > Governor http://www.state.ar.us/governor/govmailNew.html > > > > State Senators > > http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/scripts/ablr/members/sen.idc?Mtype=S <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
