| Sacred Sites Update! Tribe helps preserve Cowee Mound in Macon April 25, 2007 Waynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC - "The members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians are fulfilling their responsibilities ... That there would always be Cherokee on this land, Law provides few protections for Indian mounds April 25, 2007 Waynesville Smoky Mountain News, NC And to further confuse things, platform mounds with straight sides and a structure on top were sometimes built on top of the more humped burial mounds, 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 Indian remains found at Miami building site April 23, 2007 St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA MIAMI - Ancient human remains from an extinct American Indian tribe have been unearthed near a downtown condominium construction site, officials said. Etowah Indian Mounds hosts Native American feast May 12- April 20, 2007 Rome News-Tribune, GA Proceeds for this event go to the "Friends of Etowah Indian Mounds" for the preservation and improvement of this wonderful prehistoric Native American site. Native American Burial Ground Unearthed April 20, 2007 WTVC - Chattanooga,TN,USA It's being called a significant find, Native American remains dating back possibly 11 hundred years. The burial ground was unearthed recently at a Museums group investigated over Indian remains April 19, 2007 Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA The federal government is investigating a possible violations by St. Joseph Museums Inc. Of a law protecting American Indian remains, an attorney told the Bill Wangemann column: Mound builders left their mark April 15, 2007 Sheboygan Press, WI - Many times, but not always, these mounds were burial mounds and contained not only the remains of the person buried but also artifacts such as arrowheads, Ancient history April 14, 2007 The Missourian, MO - Thousands of years ago another civilization inhabited Missouri. All that's left today are the mounds. American Indian burial mounds, like this one in 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, ... Homeowner sues after Indian remains found in house April 7, 2007 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA Buried American Indian bones were not part of the deal a Brooklyn investor sealed when he bought a Highland Beach, Fla., home two years ago. ... Protect Medicine Lake April 7, 2007 Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA ... And again, again, we plead and beg for the Courts to understand what is simply right - respect for all Sacred Sites - Respect for Medicine Lake. ... Between Heaven & Earth April 4, 2007 LA City Beat, CA - The federal law governing tribal artifacts, the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA, did not apply to this site because ... Ancient human skeletons are found April 5, 2007 Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA Kowall said no Native American groups have claimed rights to the remains, and unless any do, it's likely they will be reburied in a garden near the church. Native Peoples & Environmental Justice Allies Protest Department ...April 5, 2007 Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA By advocate for sacred sites ( mstargali [at] gmail.com ). Native Peoples and Environmental Groups to Protest US Department of Justice in SF to Demand ... Ohio residents sentenced in American Indian looting case April 5, 2007 Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA Six Ohio residents were sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to looting an American Indian archaeological site in western Kentucky, . |