Sorry ... hit send before I typed earlier... I think this is a WONDERFUL idea!! In the meantime, you may be interested in reading up on this particular issue in Hanover Co http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/more/MGBJT0OLNZC.html or vist this website www.saveourriver.org Sheri ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Cemetery Destruction > In a message dated 4/5/2002 20:12:56 Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << One has to wonder how you can buy/sell property that was never owned by > anyone but the > family themselves. Just heartbreaking. >> > > Absolutely right, Sheri....just ask any Virginia Indian. We know all about > having our lands sold by people who never owned them in the first place, and > having our cemeteries dug up. > This kind of situation horrifies Virginia Indians; this land should be > considered sacred. Who could imagine living in a house built where graves > were dug up, or in a house built on top of human remains? > If you want some additional political support for changing the laws in > Virginia about disturbing burial sites, you might try contacting the Virginia > Council on Indians, or the United Indians of Virginia, or the Virginia Indian > Tribal Alliance for Life, the political action group formed by six Virginia > Indian nations seeking federal recognition. Maybe we could help each other. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >