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From: Alli <>
Subject: [ADAMS-L] [Fwd: [CherokeeGene-L] Native American Grave Termination
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:52:57 +0000
I felt that this was an important issue & topic to forward, for everyone
to know about & maybe show some support of some sort.
Alli
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Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 18:56:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:12:03 -0500
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Subject: NA Grave Termination hearings to start for River Landing
A subdivision is being proposed that would be called "River Landing" and
is proposed for an area of the Grassland community of Williamson County
Tennessee. It is 248 acres, and lies in a bend in the Harpeth River,
north of Franklin, and below Cottonwood Estates. This property has
NUMEROUS problems from wetlands to sink holes, sewage to traffic and
significant Native American site/s. However Nick Fielder, Tennessee
state archaeologist, has been quoted as saying 'since this is private
land then no consideration of environmental issues is legally required'.
April 29, 1999, From Redwolf
I have just received word from Nick Fielder that Geoff King, the atty
for Lumbermans, will be filing a Petition to Terminate a Gravesite on
the Riverlanding property either tomorrow or early next week. This will
be for one gravesite found on the hill, not the gravesites found down by
the old barn.
The important thing and to me the most discriminatory, is that the
archaelogical report identified two other grave areas, one white and
one African-American, and strongly recommended to Lumbermans that
those sites be left alone and worked around. Yet, they cannot do the
same for one, isolated prehistoric Indian grave!!!!!!!!
It is blatantly discriminatory to acknowledge and work around two
entire cemetaries of white and black people and file a petition to dig
up ONE prehistoric grave. And you have seen this story before. They
claim only one, then get in there and suddenly, there are MORE!
SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!
This is the perfect time and place to get active. The
Williamson County Planning Commission has already publicly declared it
doesn't want trouble with the Indians. Well, by damn, give'em some
trouble!! Political pressure properly applied could go a long way to
stop this kind of open discriminatory policy.
PLEASE SEND THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OUT. RAISE SOME HELL!!
Joe "Redwolf"
Please visit
http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/porton/73/River/River.html
and submit your opposition to this project.
SEAL
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