Chris Peters wrote: > >Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:20:07 -0700 > >From: Nancy B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Fwd: Sacred site coalition takes fight to The Hill > >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 > > > > > >>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:12:21 -0700 > >>From: Gary Rhine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Sacred site coalition takes fight to The Hill > >>To: RHINO'S LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 > >> > >>RHINO'S LIST > >>Quote of the Day > >>"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How > >>intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your > >>neck?" > >> > >>--Linda Ellerbee > >><>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<> > >>If you'd like to be taken off Rhino's list, > >>send an email request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >><>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<> > >>Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:09:36 -0400 (EDT) > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Sacred site coalition takes flight to the Hill > >> > >> Indianz.Com. In Print. > >>URL > >>http://www.indianz.com/News/show.asp?ID=2002/05/21/sacred > >> > >>Sacred site coalition takes fight to The Hill > >>TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2002 > >>Tribal leaders and Native activists seeking to protect hundreds of > >>sacred sites are taking their concerns to Congress, where they have > >>found a receptive voice among Indian Country advocates. > >>Beginning next month, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a > >>series of oversight hearings on sacred places. Among other issues, the > >>first session will address threats along major waterways, like the > >>Missouri River, where tribes say the risks are great and the dangers > >>imminent. > >>"We're losing 40 to 80 sites a year," said Tex Hall, chairman of the > >>Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North Dakota, one of the tribes > >>along the river which is currently the subject of a tug-of-war between > >>the federal government, the industry, states and environmentalists. > >>Hall is also president of the National Congress of American Indians, > >>just one of the organizations taking part in the political and > >>legislative debate on sacred places. Armed with promises of support from > >>government departments and recent court victories affirming Native > >>religious rights, the diverse group hopes to capitalize on momentum. > >>The movement may get a boost in a related case this week. The House > >>Resources Committee is voting tomorrow on a bill to transfer a parcel of > >>federal property known as Martin's Cove to the Mormon Church, which > >>considers the land one of its most sacred. > >>According to Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), the panel's ranking member, the > >>legislation should pave the way for protection of areas like the Valley > >>of the Chiefs, an area in Montana that was threatened by oil > >>development. He is working on a Native lands package and has thrown his > >>support behind the Martin's Cove bill. > >>"Why is it lawful to transfer federal lands to mining companies for fast > >>food hamburger prices," he said last week of the proposal, "but not a > >>sacred site such as Martin's Cove or Valley of Chiefs to a church and to > >>a tribe?" > >>Opposition to religious access of federal lands has come from a number > >>of fronts. Environmentalist and conservationists, for example, oppose > >>Hopi tribal members collecting baby eagles in a national park in > >>Arizona. > >>Property-rights groups, some of which are aligned with anti-treaty > >>rights organizations, have challenged Native use of public lands and > >>tribal sovereignty. Courts in recent years, however, have sided with > >>tribes and federal policies of accommodation. > >>Noted scholar and professor Vine Deloria Jr. spoke about sacred lands, > >>and the challenges he has faced on the issue, at a NCAI forum in > >>Washington, D.C., recently. He encouraged Indian Country to engage in > >>"dialogue" with religious and political leaders to bolster broad support > >>for Native rights. > >>"We have the most difficult, if not impossible, task ahead of us," he > >>said. "We're walking along a razor's edge here." > >>Related Documents: > >>Executive Order No. 13007: Indian Sacred Sites (May 24, 1996) > >>Copyright � Indianz.Com 2000-2002. > >> > >>Reprinted under the Fair Use Law: > >>Doctrine of international copyright law. > >>http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html > >
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