And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:26:22 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Knoxville, Tn - UT campus- Burial mound in path of road > >* From: Keith & Bomba Easter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >http://www.knoxnews.com/archives/browserecent/02011999/archives/14665 > > > > > Burial mound in path of road > > Ancient cemetery unlikely to stop > parkway > > February 1, 1998 > > By Jacques Billeaud, News-Sentinel staff writer > > An Indian burial mound at the University of > Tennessee stands roughly in the path of a > proposed parkway that would link the university's > main and agriculture campuses. > > But the mound, which preservationists are asking to > be protected, likely will not halt the parkway's > construction, said Luanne Grandinetti, > spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of > Transportation, which is planning the project. > > "But you never know how these things are going to > work out," Grandinetti added. > > The four-lane road and an 800-foot-long bridge to > both campuses -- now separated by a > manufacturing plant, railroad tracks and Third Creek > -- was criticized as a back-room political deal and a > waste of millions of dollars. > > Opponents want a smaller link that wouldn't > increase traffic through the campuses. > > Transportation officials say the four-lane parkway is > the best use of state money because it will address > long-range traffic needs. > > The project will continue despite opposition to it, > university officials said. > > With design plans still being drawn, it's not yet > known whether the parkway would skirt the Indian > mound or cut through it, Grandinetti said, adding > that it's too early to say whether the parkway's path > might be altered. "We will do all we can to address > this situation," she said. > > Protection of the mound has been urged by the > university's historic preservation committee and by > the Cherokee Indians, who believe they are > descendants of the Indians buried in the mound. > > "I am committed to the continued protection of our > ancestral burials and hope the University of > Tennessee will rethink any actions which would > lead to their destruction," Joyce Dugan, principal > chief for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, > wrote to UT President Joe Johnson. > > Johnson believes the mound, the only one on > campus, will be protected. > > "I would certainly think that everybody would do > everything to preserve the Indian mound," said > Johnson, who is planning to pass Dugan's thoughts > along to the parkway's designers. > > The mound, probably one of the few in East > Tennessee that hasn't been disturbed, should be > protected because it's a cemetery likely dating > back 1,000 years, said Charles H. Faulkner, an > anthropology professor on the university's historic > preservation committee. > > But that's not to say that development hasn't closed > in on the mound, which is at the corner of Center > and Chapman drives. > > "The two streets that go by the mound now are > close enough, and if that's expanded, it's going to > encroach further," Faulkner said. > > While the mound is on the National Register of > Historic Places, that doesn't mean it's automatically > protected from being destroyed, said Betsey > Creekmore, chairwoman of the preservation > committee, which isn't recommending that the road > project be stopped. > > "The committee feels this is a very important aspect > of the campus and it's important to our continuing > preservation of Native American artifacts and relics," > said Creekmore, who is also the university's > associate vice chancellor for space and facilities. > > John Nolt, a philosophy professor and spokesman > for Citizens for a Pedestrian-Friendly Campus, > wants the parkway scaled down. > > If the parkway were reduced to two lanes, he said, > the mound would be protected, and he believes > much of the opposition would disappear. > > Jacques Billeaud may be reached at 423-521-1833 or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, February 1, >1999 > > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
