Speaking of protecting cemetaries, about 4 years ago, there were public meetings held in Choctaw and Norman, Oklahoma, in favor or to protest the proposed NAFTA Corridor Outerloop. We got involved because it was going 1/2 mile from us, on Peebly Road. I mentioned the old cemetary on 15th and Peebly, and a speaker for the Sac and Fox nation from Nevada came on behalf of the Indians (and many do like to be called Indian and not the politically correct Native American). Several of the proposed routes would cut through archaeologically important and sacred Indian cemetaries on private land between here and Norman, around Lake Thunderbird. There were quite a few people from the Sac and Fox Tribe that came to the meetings. There was such a huge outcry of protests against the Loop, for various reasons, that they pretty much cancelled this area of the Loop. I believe now, it's in progress around Highway 9, going up the west side of the city, connecting back to I-40. Anyway as it's standing now, the cemetaries are safe. Linda Elston, Newalla OK