Mount Taylor Endangered

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/44086517.html

The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Mount Taylor, near Grants, N.M., to its 2009 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list highlights important examples of the nation’s architectural, cultural and natural heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.Located in the southwestern corner of New Mexico’s San Mateo Mountains, midway between Albuquerque and Gallup, Mount Taylor, with an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet, is a startlingly beautiful, sacred place. Visible from up to 100 miles away, the mountain has been a pilgrimage site for as many as 30 Native American tribes, with special significance for the Acoma people...

The complete list of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2009 Endangered Sites:• Mount Taylor, Grants, N.M.• Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.• Miami Marine Stadium, Fla.• Dorchester Academy, Midway, Ga.• Lãna’i City, Hawaii• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Ill.• Ames Shovel Shops, Easton, Mass.• Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, N.H. & Kittery, Maine• Human Services Center, Yankton, S.D.• Cast-Iron Architecture of Galveston, Texas• The Manhattan Project’s Enola Gay Hangar, Utah

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Spokane Tribe Rejects Eastern Washington University

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Indian_Archaeology.html

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Fiercely criticized by the Spokane Indian Tribe, Eastern Washington University will no longer do archaeological work that is required on local construction projects, the City Council has decided...

The issue here is trust, and how that has been affected by the divergent world views of the Spokane Indian Tribe and the Archaeologists from Eastern Washington University. The Spokane view the site as sacred--their ancestors rest there as part of the earth, which they also regard as sacred. The archaeologists, perhaps confident that a contract was imminent and that their research would go forward, began publishing information indicative of the site's location--making the site vulnerable to potential looters. More importantly, the Tribe viewed this as lack of respect and concern for the inherent sacredness of the site.

A.F. Castronuevo