Received this on my Cherokeendn List. -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Jackson <tsalagi@train.missouri.org> To: cherokeendn@egroups.com <cherokeendn@egroups.com> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:02 PM Subject: [cherokeendn] Of local interest >I received this on another list and thought everyone might like to keep up >on this developing story---this could very well be some of our people?????? >Nancy J. >Cherokee Legacy Art Work Page >>Subject: Judge halts gravel work at Arkansas duck hunters site >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >>Thursday, March 18, 1999 >>Judge halts gravel work on road at Indian burial on Black River >> >>KENNETH HEARD ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE >> >>"POCAHONTAS -- Future graveling and grading of a portion of an access >>road and a boat ramp on the Black River that travels over what >>archeologists say is a significant American Indian burial site has been >>stopped by a judge's order... >> Grading and graveling cannot be done to the boat launch area and a >>large area used by sportsmen as a turnaround. The order also prohibits >>motorists from parking on the road or at the launch... >> "We know that there's an extensive, multi-complex site there," Morrow >>said of Gazaway's land. "We know that there are burials out there. There >>are probably remains under the road, but we don't know that for >>sure."... >> The marking comes on the heels of an order signed by Randolph County >>Chancellor Tom Hilburn that allows hunters and fishermen to continue >>using Gazaway's road to access the Black River... >> Hilburn issued a verbal order in January, saying the establishment of a >>prescriptive easement was proven during a hearing in November. A written >>order signed by Hilburn was not filed until March 2. >> Nine duck hunters sued Gazaway in 1994 after Gazaway closed the access >>road to Schaeffer's Eddy to protect an American Indian burial site... >> He built a fence across the road after finding what archeologists later >>determined to be 1,000- to 1,500-year-old bones of an American Indian >>child about 10 feet from his road... >> Hilburn's latest order said the 18-foot-wide road and launch area >>should be considered public... >> Archeologists first located artifacts at the site in 1959. The area >>near the boat launch was the first site deemed significant and mapped >>in the county... >> Morrow speculated because of the land's proximity to the Black and >>Current rivers, the area was once a thriving Indian community... >> Gazaway said he will appeal Hilburn's decision so he can protect the >>burial site. "I trust in the Arkansas judicial system's laws on property >>rights," he said. "If they rule by the law, then I feel I will regain >>full ownership and control of my property." >> >>Article at: >>http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/bdsthunt18.html >> >>For more information: >>http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/porton/73/seals/eddy.html >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cherokeendn >Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com > >