Yes Fran....my Sikes (white) ancestors, were from an area near Athens, GA, and the family graveyard is in the middle of a new housing development. That cemetary was vandalized also. However, the Pittman side of that family was fortunate enough to have it's homestead saved and made into a museum by the folks who founded the housing development, just miles from the other one. Hard to know. Of course, I would have to say that finally non indian folks are experiencing the things we've experiencing for years...as far as sacred burial grounds. Not that it's right....but perhaps now they can understand why so many laws were inacted to preserve them. But, still things like St Louis being built on a city much like Cahokia (IL).....is just a statement of how progress overshadows our honoring of previous history. If you visit the mounds at Cahokia...you will see how that was a prosperous trading center for Cherokee ancesotrs (the mound builders). But, the one under St. Louis was larger, if I remember my information correctly.. Of course if we go to Europe we'll see cities built on top of cities (England....underground rivers have Roman ruins. Istanbul has underground ruins of the Roman period as well). But, I think there they had an excuse....space?? The US, well we know how vast the areas of wilderness were...so building on top of ancient dwellings....burial grounds, etc., was not that necessary. Of course we only have to go back to The Crusades, to see the greatest disrespect, and destruction of historical information. I think you could compare the destruction and proposed assimilation of the native people, to that travesty as well. Imteresting too, as the published reason was because those people were non Christian.....when the motivating factor was the taking of plunder....and material wealth. Hmmm does that sound familiar. The one thing that seems to be in common...is the lack of respect for the past, and the importance of progress, and the almighty dollar. OK...I'm off my soapbox now. jes