Headlines regarding sacred sites
for other news or ongoing issues in Indian Country please visit www.NDNnews.com May 2008 Project destroys sacred site May 14, 2008
Bear Butte Bar Has New Owner April
18, 2008
KELOLAND TV - Sioux
Falls,SD,USA
A circuit judge has approved an ownership change for the County Line Bar, an
establishment north of Bear Butte that has been the focus of protests by ...
Reburial on hold for 87 American Indian remains
April 18, 2008
OCRegister - Santa
Ana,CA,USA
BY CINDY CARCAMO HUNTINGTON BEACH – A plan to rebury the last 87 American
Indian remains found on the Brightwater Hearthside Homes site on Monday is
on hold ...
Conference supports reclamation of sacred Indian items, bundles April
18, 2008
Montana Kaimin -
Missoula,MT,USA
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 states
that museums and federal agencies have to return certain American Indian
items ...
Native American panel seeks timely Bolsa remains burial
April 18, 2008
Long Beach
Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
By Joe Segura, Staff writer HUNTINGTON BEACH - The state Native American
Heritage Commission wants pressure to be applied in the effort to have human
...
Disturbing unmarked graves April 9, 2008
Chattanooga Times Free
Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA
As an inquisitive girl in the 1940s, Jean Kettles Murray longed to dig up
the unmarked graves near her family’s gristmill to uncover American Indian
beads .
'Cheyenne and Arapaho Revisited' at Denver March March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today -
Canastota,NY,USA
Bear Butte, a mountain near Sturgis, SD, on the periphery of the Black
Hills, was the topic of a presentation by Mann and her daughter, Montoya
Whiteman,
Longest Walk II participants warmly welcomed in Flagstaff March 31, 2008
Indian Country Today -
Canastota,NY,USA
From the holy San Francisco Peaks to Black Mesa, Yucca Mountain, Bear Butte,
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Shell Mounds and many, many more, ...
January 2008
American Indians want to rebury remains dug up by Berkeley
...January 13, 2008
HeraldNet -
Everett,WA,USA
The bones, along with 400000 American Indian artifacts, are held by the
university's Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, which has a small exhibit space on
campus but ...
Roseville Press Tribune
- Roseville,CA,USA
The United Auburn Indian Community announced Thursday plans to purchase
about 65 acres of Clover Valley. The agreement was made with owner Clover
Valley ...
Indian site sold to couple September 21, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers -
Lancaster,PA,USA
By JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent American Indian groups couldn't stop the
auction Thursday of land that includes important archaeological sites
related to ...
Historic Lower Windsor Indian site up for auction Thursday September 20,
2007
York Dispatch -
York,PA,USA
Chris Thompson, a Susquehannock descendant, said he plans to be there with
several other people of American Indian ancestry to show the new owner that
at ...
Found skull belongs to Native American September 20, 2007
Ventura County Star -
Ventura county,CA,USA
The skull will go to the Native American Heritage Commission, Baroni said.
Baroni said it will be given to its most likely descendent. ...
Investigation continues into bones discovered at school
...September 19, 2007
Lodi News-Sentinel -
Lodi,CA,USA
... American Heritage Commission, an official government agency that
identifies and coordinates American Indian resources, such as remains and
sacred sites. ...
Museum returns stolen lock of Sitting Bull's hair to descendants September 18, 2007
AFP -
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A US museum has decided to return a lock of hair and
leggings worn by legendary American Indian chief Sitting Bull after learning
that ...
Officials hope to preserve 'special, spiritual' area
September 18, 2007
Rapid City Journal -
Rapid City,SD,USA
The south unit is a different world of similarly profound geographic and
geologic features that is managed in cooperation with the Oglala Sioux
Tribe. ...
Mounds of
dedication Volunteers help protect prehistoric Native
...August
24, 2007
Suburban
Journals - Town and Country,MO,USA
"We may not be able to save every one of Missouri's
remaining prehistoric Native American mounds, but with
volunteers, we can try to save one at a time," ...
Cahokia Mounds expanding, hoping for more archaeological
finds August 21, 2007
Chicago
Tribune - United States
Evidence retrieved from burial mounds and other sites
suggest a hierarchical political structure, a
specialized economy and significant scientific knowledge
...
Tribe fears for village site along
proposed OC toll road August 20, 2007
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... the San Diego-Orange county border off Cristianitos
Road, is on the state Native American Heritage
Commission's register of sacred sites in California. ...
Protest organizers plan smaller Bear
Butte presence
August 13, 2007
Indian Country Today -
Canastota,NY,USA
There's a gathering planned in Rapid City and an
encampment at the base of Bear Butte on land owned by
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe along Highway 79, ...
Arizona case may redefine sacred land
August 12, 2007
ImediNews - Tbilisi,Georgia
... A legal fight begun by a small Native American tribe
over a construction project in Yuma, Ariz., could
potentially redefine the concept of sacred land. ...
July 2007
Group to pray at Bear Butte during
rally
July 27, 2007
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux
Falls,SD,USA
By AP STURGIS - An American Indian group plans to hold a
spiritual encampment at the base of Bear Butte during
the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally next month. ...
Preservationists try to save Ohio Indian site June 13, 2007
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
AP - June 13, 2007 8:35 AM ET BOURNEVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A coalition has
agreed to buy and preserve an ancient American Indian site in
southern Ohio. ...
American Indian artifacts, cultural pieces find home
June 13, 2007
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
The museum houses priceless ancient artifacts and other American Indian
cultural items that had been in other Arizona museums for years before being
...
Broken Spoke owner leaves unpaid bills June 6,
2007
Rapid City
Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
STURGIS - Broken Spoke Saloon owner Jay Allen, who built the controversial
Sturgis County Line rally venue north of Bear Butte last year, ...
Most Bear Butte Alcohol Licenses Renewed June 6, 2007
KELOLAND TV - Sioux
Falls,SD,USA
Alcohol licenses for several businesses that operate between Sturgis and
Bear Butte have been renewed by the Meade County Commission.
Tribal Burial Mounds Returned To Ho Chunk Nation
June 5, 2007
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. -- Some very special and historic land was returned to
its rightful owners on Monday. In a special ceremony, the Wisconsin
Department
Smithsonian to turn over Native American remains
June 3, 2007
McClatchy Washington
Bureau - USA
By Les Blumenthal. WASHINGTON - The skeletal remains of six members of the
Nisqually tribe are stored in wooden boxes in the Smithsonian Institution's
New O'odham chairman wants to do business May
31st, 2007
Tucson Citizen -
Tucson,AZ,USA
We are held captive in our own environment and our sacred sites are often
desecrated by vehicle and human traffic. Because of the increase in Border
Patrol ...
3M donates to help protect Indian mounds
May 28th, 2007
The Decatur Daily -
Decatur,AL,USA
The Oakville Indian Mounds, an 83-acre site owned by the Lawrence County
Board of Education, is home to the Oakville Ceremonial Woodland Mound and
the
Site may be named historic landmark May 28th, 2007
Suffolk News-Herald -
Suffolk,VA,USA
"It's from different time periods, but because you have both Native American
and English (artifacts), it shows it was a very good location to live," said
Nippenose Valley burial grounds should not be neglected
May 27, 2007
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- Williamsport,PA,USA
The association also has held an annual cleanup day to keep the sacred land
groomed. A number of Nippenose Valley people have put forth particularly ...
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site dedicated
May 14, 2007
Indian Country
Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Today, the Cheyenne people are currently fighting to protect another site,
Noavose or Bear Butte, the birthplace of our nation and the center of our
...
THE DIRT ON BARRICK GOLD May
10, 2007
Now
Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Barrick continues to operate its Cortez gold mine on
sacred land claimed as native territory by the Western
Shoshone Defense Project, a group of the ...
Artifacts pit American Indians against museums
May 10, 2007
Orlando
Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
... announced a regulation requiring museums,
universities and federal agencies in possession of
American Indian art and artifacts to provide new lists
of ...
Killsback: Protecting Noavose
May 4, 2007
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
''Protecting our sacred sites
shows the Cheyenne peoples' inherent cultural
sovereignty,'' Killsback said. ''Noavose is the Mount
Sinai of the Cheyenne
Cultural site visit part of zoning change decision
May 4, 2007
Lihue Garden Island - Lihue,HI,USA
Kaohelaulii said the number of historical, cultural and
sacred sites in the area have been reduced from over 70
to the current 17.
Native American
Remains Found Near River Road
April
25, 2007
WLKY
- Louisville,KY,USA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A burial site
with the remains of at least 33
Native Americans has been unearthed
at a residential construction site
near the Ohio
Sewer Line Dig Unearths Controversy
April 13, 2007
SUNY The New Paltz Oracle - New
Paltz,NY,USA
The discoveries include human remains, which are thought
to be American Indian, and evidence of an American
Indian longhouse, according to Eric Roth, ...
New rule may help Native American tribes
reclaim artifacts April 13, 2007
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
In mid-March, the Department of the Interior's National
NAGPRA program, which helps carry out the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, ...
The Sacred Shellmound Walkers
March 31, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia - San
Francisco,CA,USA
Kudos to Wounded Knee, Corina Gould, Morning Star, Perry Matlock, many others
who have continued to visit these Sacred Sites in pilgrimage over which the ...
The 9th US
Circuit protects the sanctity of a
Native American ...March
24, 2007
Arizona
Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
After a disappointing ruling on the
upgrade proposal for Arizona
Snowbowl, overturning a previous US
District Court decision allowing
snowmaking and other ...
Search continues at airport for native artifacts
March 24, 2007
Shoreline Times -
Guilford,CT,USA
Friends of Hammonasset member Dr. Don Rankin, who has studied the Native
American culture of the area for over 20 years, said the Griswold Airport site
has ...
Bones found near Indian Beach March 9, 2007
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
SARASOTA -- The remains of what
appears to be an American Indian
have at least one local archeologist
both excited and dismayed.
Sturgis students
study Bear Butte controversy
March 3, 2007
Rapid City
Journal - Rapid City,SD,USA
On Wednesday, students in Kerry
Skinner’s seventh-grade class took a
project concerning the Bear Butte
buffer zone controversy to a
competition in Pierre
February 2007
McCloud River land
sale tied to Shasta Dam raising
proposal
February 21, 2007
Mount Shasta
Herald - Mt. Shasta,CA,USA
“Any raising of the dam, even a few
feet, will flood some of our last
remaining sacred sites on the
McCloud River sites we still use
today,” said Caleen
Oak Grove May Be
Native American Burial Site
February 20, 2007
Berkeley Daily
Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
Rediscovered evidence of Native
American burials at the site of UC
Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium—omitted
in university environmental
documents—raises new
County hears public
speak about museum's Indian mound
February 20, 2007
Bradenton
Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
About 11 people, including developer
William Manfull, neighbors and
representatives from the American
Indian Movement, spoke to
commissioners during the
Sacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta
Faces Destruction! February 19,
2007
Bay Area
Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
Who: Speakers at the protest include
Jonothan Freeman of Seventh
Generation Fund, Advocates for the
Protection of Sacred Sites, Radley
Davis and Mark LeBeau
Burial mound put on auction block February 19, 2007
Sarasota
Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
The Native American burial mound
could be in jeopardy, however, as
developers eye the historic site,
which was put on the market recently
by the South
Developer Bulldozing
Sacred Sites in Marin County?
February 19, 2007
Bay Area
Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
by brightpathvideo. Marin County has
been blessed with abundant open
space preserves and special locales
thanks to the hard work and
dedication of teams of
Archaeologist leaves digs for security job
January 30, 2007
Dickson Herald -
Dickson,TN,USA
Since then his opinion has held sway on concerns varying from the disturbance of
Native American graves to fossils unearthed by development
Senate kills Bear Butte zoning bill January 30, 2007
Rapid City Journal, SD
Tom Katus, D-Rapid City, sponsored the bill,
saying it was in response to protests about bars and concert venues encroaching
on Bear Butte during the
Bear Butte liquor license dispute headed for state Supreme Court
January 28, 2007
Indian Country Today, NY
The battle to stop owners from opening huge biker
bar venues within sight and sound of Bear Butte grew this past summer and
challenges the Meade County
Land sale leads to worries over dam January 27, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle -
San Francisco,CA,USA
The Indians worry that their access to sacred sites could be blocked by
Westlands. "Our purpose in buying the property was only to ensure there would be
no
Demonstration to Be Held to Protect Sacred Sites
January 26, 2007
SF.Indymedia.org - San
Francisco,CA,USA
Sponsors of the event include Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites,
Seventh Generation Fund, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice,
Saving the story under our feet January 26, 2007
New Times SLO - San Luis
Obispo,CA,USA
Northern Chumash Tribal Council spokesperson Fred Collins is calling for the
preservation of all archaeological sites including "sacred sites" that are on
Morgan Hill Indian Remains Will Likely Stay Put January 25,
2007
Hollister Free Lance -
Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - The American Indian remains found on a construction site will
probably remain where they are, and work at the site can continue
WORK CREWS IN MORGAN
HILL FIND NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS January 24,
2007
CBS 5 - San
Francisco,CA,USA
Larry Myers, the executive secretary
of the Sacramento-based California
Native American Heritage Commission
said that the organization will work
to find the
Construction Workers
Unearth Ancient American Indian Remains
January 23, 2007
Hollister Free
Lance - Hollister,CA,USA
Morgan Hill - Bones that are believed to
be the 1000-year-old remains of an
American Indian were unearthed Monday
afternoon at a construction site on
Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle? January 23, 2007
KQTV - St.
Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against
the museums included an expert in Native
American artifacts who said he met with
the museums board last fall.
Buried remains at Wyeth-Tootle?
January 22, 2007
KQTV - St.
Joseph,MO,USA
First day testimony in the trial against
the museums included an expert in Native
American artifacts who said he met with
the museums board last fall.
Gregoire, tribe announce settlement over indian burial site
January 22, 2007
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
... million dollars to tribal and local officials in Port Angeles, to settle
disputes over the state's disturbance of an ancient American Indian village.
American Indians seek voice in zoning talks January 13,
2007
Rapid City Journal, SD
Bear Butte is considered
sacred by a number of tribes, and a number of religious ceremonies are held
there throughout the year.
NEW: Chesterfield asked to protect prehistoric burial mounds
January 8, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
St. Louis,MO,USA
... told council members he hopes the city would consider adopting a mound
protection ordinance "to protect our prehistoric Native American burial mounds."
5 men caught poaching American Indian artifacts in Thonotosassa
January 6, 2007
Bradenton Herald -
Bradenton,FL,USA
Five men found digging for American Indian artifacts near Interstate 75 in
Hillsborough County have been arrested and charged with trespassing, ...
Kempthorne,
American Indian leaders meet
August 8, 2006
Seattle Post Intelligencer
- USA
RAPID CITY, SD -- Tribal leaders from five of
South Dakota's American Indian reservations met
with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on
Sunday to discuss ...
For
Sacred Indian Site, New Neighbors Are Far From
Welcome (This
was on the FRONTPAGE of
the NY Times!)
New York Times, United States -
... of tribes hold as one of the most sacred
sites in ... Nearby Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation was the site of the ... The Sioux
call it an emergence site, where their
Indians Confront Sturgis Bikers
Yankton Daily
Press, SD -
... Motorcycle Rally. The native people are
protesting entertainment venues and other sites
being developed east of town near Bear Butte.
For