And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Ron & Eileen Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stay-put order placed on Indian remains Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This is from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle http://www.RochesterNews.com/0417remains.html Stay-put order placed on Indian remains Tribal leaders, state work out agreement, a meeting with rock salt officials proposed By Jay Gallagher Democrat and Chronicle ALBANY (April 17, 1999) -- The planned removal of Native American remains from a salt-mine site in Livingston County will be delayed while a permanent solution is sought. Native American leaders met with state officials Friday to work out the agreement. The remains were to be moved on Monday. "We have an agreement that they will not be moved," said Joe Heath, a lawyer for the Native American group, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. "We're going to try to get the parties together next week." The group is concerned about plans by the American Rock Salt. Co. to build a rail spur through an ancient burial ground near Mount Morris. Archaeologists working for the Rochester Museum & Science Center have uncovered what is thought to be the remains of six humans, some possibly thousands of years old. They have found the remains over the last five months. Native American representatives have in the past agreed to allow bones to be removed and reburied when they are in the way of a project. That policy is no longer acceptable, said Richard Hill, one of the Native American leaders who met with state officials. "We believe the ground is sacred," he said. "Would you change your religion to accommodate our development?" "We're not going to allow any more remains to be removed," said Darwin Hill, a Tonawanda Seneca Nation representative to the confederacy. State Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman Gary Sheffer said the DEC has the power to stop the project because mine projects require a state permit, and the permit requires that the state be notified when remains are found. He said no meeting has been scheduled yet among the state, Native American leaders and American Rock Salt officials, but that attempts are being made to set one up. He said a proposal covering procedures for handling remains that are blocking any development has been submitted to the state Legislature by Gov. George Pataki. But there is a competing one in the Assembly, and the future of the measures remains unclear. Joseph Bucci, one of the owners of the mine, said Friday's agreement and the delay in building the railroad won't stop the project. "The shafts are going down," he said. But when asked if there is a way the railroad could be moved to avoid the remains, he was not optimistic. "There is not another potential route for the railroad," he said. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
