2006 Sacred Places News Stories
• • Tribal sovereignty protects businesses (Spokesman
Review) 12/8/06
• • Utility apologizes for desecrating sacred site (AP) 11/27/06
• • Rally stalls Rocky Point travelers (Arizona Republic) 11/27/06
• • Indian burial grounds blessed near Fort Reno (Oklahoman) 11/15/06
• • Court pulls plug on power plant [CA] (Record Searchlight) 11/14/06
• • R.I. tribe fears for graves in Sterling (Norwich Bulletin) 11/13/06
• • Case put to rest: Grave robber handed penalty (Register Guard) 11/2/06
• • Purchase restores Machias Bay shore land to tribe(Bangor Daily News) 10/24/2006
• • Construction reveals possible Comanche grave sites at Fort Sill (AP) 9/27/06
• • Artifacts may derail building of college (Contra Costa Times) 9/26/06
• • Hundreds show support for Native American sacred sites & human rights (Bay Area Indymedia) 9/15/06
• • Indians argue against ski resort plan (Washington Daily Times) 9/15/06
• • Navajo attorney has 8 minutes to argue for peaks protection (Farmington Daily Times) 9/14/06
• • Indians say Arizona ski resort desecrates their sacred mountains (AP) 9/12/06
• • Artifacts' discovery kept quiet (Norwich Bulletin) 9/8/06
• • Artifacts spur questions, little concern for Utopia (Norwich Bulletin) 9/7/06
• • Apaches will defy mine deal that threatens sacred lands (Arizona Republic) 8/28/06
• • No quick answers in ceremonial structure fire (Eureka Times-Standard) 8/19/06
• • Native land should not be a biker bar (Salt Lake Tribune) 8/17/06
• • Journal editorial, 8-15: Rally vs. Bear Butte (Rapid City Journal) 8/15/06
• • Berg asks FBI to investigate Karuk arson (Eureka Times-Standard) 8/15/06
• • Graving yard deal: $15 million (Peninsula Daily News) 8/15/06
• • Ponca City, tribe at odds over landfill (Tulsa World) 8/14/06
• • Graving yard agreement due Monday (Peninsula Daily News) 8/13/06
• • Duwamish history again stands tall (Seattle) 8/11/06
• • Stamps, protest, ride: Festivities, controversy mark rallys opening day (Rapid City Journal) 8/8/06
• • Best solution for Bear Butte (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) 8/6/06
• • For sacred Indian site, new neighbors are far from welcome (New York Times) 8/4/06
• • Protesters aim to keep rally off Bear Butte (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) 8/3/06
• • Fire destroys Indian holy house (Redding Record Searchlight) 8/1/06
• • Indigenous summit to focus on saving sacred lands (Missoulian) 8/1/06
• • Reward fund established for information about 'suspicious' Karuk fire (Eureka Reporter) 7/25/06
• • Development in South Dakota Prompts Unlikely Coalition: Christians, Indians, Ranchers (Wall Street Journal) 7/14/06
• • Bear Butte beer license foes dealt setbacks (Rapid City Journal) 7/8/06
• • Karuk Tribe members gather at burned site (Eureka Times-Standard) 7/7/06
• • Arson suspected in burning down of sacred Karuk dance house (Eureka Reporter) 7/5/06
• • Activists gather at Bear Butte (Rapid City Journal) 7/4/06
• • Biker mecca on sacred ground
(Nation,
July 10 Issue) 6/23/06
• • Wildfire rages over sacred Navajo land (Salt Lake Tribune) 6/16/06
• • Near Sturgis, a fight over the sacred (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) 6/14/06
• • Utility agrees not to run wastewater through Ak-Chin land (Arizona Republic) 5/31/06
• • Yuroks oppose cell tower project for Trinidad Head (Eureka Reporter) 5/18/06
• • Meade County voters wont decide on beer
sales (Rapid
City Journal) 5/9/06
• • Foes to challenge beer permit (Rapid City Journal) 5/4/06
• • Butte groups plan to protest liquor license (Rapid
City Journal) 4/27/06
• • Diggers mum on latest downtown discovery (Santa Fe New Mexican) 4/20/06
• • Road projects make progress (Rapid City Journal) 4/7/06
• • Beer sales get unanimous OK (Rapid City Journal) 4/5/06
• • Bush, Cabinet agree to buy Lake Okeechobee battlefield (Daytona Beach) 4/5/06
• • Backlash surprises bar owner (Rapid City Journal) 4/4/06
• • Forum, 4-1: No development near Bear Butte (Rapid City Journal) 4/1/06
• • Tribe sues over ancient site (Riverside Press-Enterprise) 3/23/06
• • Native spirits soar as Sweden returns historic B.C. totem pole (CBC) 3/14/06
• • Norwich property search finds no artifacts (Norwich Bulletin) 3/14/06
• • Morro Rock prayers answered (KSBY) 3/10/06
• • Demolition Nears At Mohegan Burial Ground (New London Day) 3/2/06
• • Indians protest TVA swap of land they consider sacred (AP)
3/1/06
• • Navajos appeal decision to allow snowmaking (AP) 2/28/06
• • Boulder picks site for fire training (Denver Post) 2/22/06
• • Badger-Two Medicine to get own travel plan (Great Falls Tribune) 2/20/06
• • Barrow Natives battle Smithsonian over bones (Anchorage Daily News) 1/29/06
• • Lawmakers want buffer to protect Bear Butte (Rapid City Journal) 1/27/06
• • Tribes will get human remains from Yellowstone (Casper Star-Tribune) 1/24/06
• • Tribes: Dialogue can save sacred sites (AP) 1/21/06
• • Sitting Bulls grave deserves honor, respect (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) 1/21/06
• • Tribes not entitled to fees (Rapid City Journal) 1/19/06
• • Snowbowl ruling sensible (Arizona Republic) 1/17/06
• • Tribes sue to stop park (Everett Herald) 1/16/06
• • Judge: Snowbowl can make snow (Arizona Republic) 1/12/06
