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.