Sacred SitesLiberty Quarry
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'Shocking' twist in quarry hearing (5/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm its denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project, a rock mine that...
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Project denied, but opponents say door open (5/15/2012)
(California) -- What was expected to be the final chapter in the seven-year battle over a proposed Temecula-area rock mine could be the jumping-off point for a court...
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Granite Rules Out Legal Action (3/21/2012)
(California) -- Granite Construction decided against suing the county for rejecting its application to build Liberty Quarry, an official said today.
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Board votes to deny Quarry project (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday to uphold the Planning Commission's denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry...
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Controversial quarry voted down by board (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Overcome by emotion, opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project cried tears of joy after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors...
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County rejects quarry plan opposed by tribe, city (2/16/2012)
(California) -- County supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposal to develop a quarry on a mountain near Temecula amid opposition from hundreds of residents and an...
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Liberty Quarry strip mine near Temecula denied permits in 3-2 vote (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre strip mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
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Massive Temecula quarry rejected by Riverside County supervisors (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Thursday rejected a proposed mammoth rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley, ending seven...
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Riverside County supervisors reject massive Temecula quarry (2/16/2012)
(California) -- The fastest-growing county in California rejected a massive, mountaintop rock quarry Thursday that supporters called an essential source of the...
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Supervisors turn down project, 3-2 (2/16/2012)
(California) -- An open-pit mine proposed south of Temecula was rejected this morning by Riverside County Supervisors. The board’s 3-2 vote comes after a 7-year...
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Supervisors vote 3-2 against Liberty Quarry (2/16/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors today denied permits for a proposed 414-acre mine near Temecula that opponents argued would damage the environment and...
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Experts support rock quarry plans near Temecula (2/15/2012)
(California) -- A mining company executive told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors Tuesday that his firm has worked diligently to make a proposed rock quarry near...
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Quarry Hearing Leaves Spectators Guessing (2/15/2012)
(California) -- Which way the vote on Liberty Quarry will go tomorrow is anybody's guess, but some audience members say they have a fix on how two supervisors will...
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Board listening to supporters, opponents of Liberty Quarry (2/14/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors listened to hours of testimony and rebuttal arguments Tuesday during the third day of a public hearing on a...
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No vote Tuesday, supervisors reconvene Thursday (2/14/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors could decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry Thursday after spending much of Tuesday questioning the project...
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Supervisors scrutinize developer comments (2/14/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors have set a Thursday hearing to decide the fate of a proposed Temecula-area quarry after spending much of Tuesday questioning...
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Vote on controversial rock quarry near Temecula may come today (2/14/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors could vote Tuesday on a proposed rock quarry on a mountain overlooking the Temecula Valley -- a project that...
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Board going ahead with quarry appeal hearing on Tuesday (2/10/2012)
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning for the third in a series of hearings on Granite Construction's appeal of the...
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Supervisors don’t postpone Tuesday’s meeting (2/10/2012)
(California) -- Tuesday’s Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the proposed Liberty Quarry will be held as scheduled.
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Tuesday’s supervisors meeting may be delayed (2/8/2012)
(California) -- Next week’s Liberty Quarry hearing could be postponed so county officials can discuss transportation needs in Washington, D.C.
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County supervisors hold final public hearing on Liberty Quarry project (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Riverside County supervisors will hold a final public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near...
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Opponents hit project; next meeting set (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Liberty Quarry foes launched a sometimes emotional verbal assault on the proposed open-pit mine during an all-day hearing on Monday.
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Opponents slam quarry project during 8-hour-plus hearing (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Opponents of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry slammed the proposed mine Monday during the second in a series of hearings being held by the...
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Quarry opponents to take center stage on Monday (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Supporters of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project had their say last week, telling the Riverside County Board of Supervisors that the...
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Second hearing starts this morning (2/6/2012)
(California) -- The second Riverside County Board of Supervisors hearing on the Liberty Quarry project will start at 9 a.m. today with comments from opponents of he...
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Liberty Quarry Public Hearing Draws Several Hundred to Voice Concern and Support (1/31/2012)
(California) -- A public hearing today to consider a mining company's appeal for approval of a quarry project near Temecula drew several hundred people to the...
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Appeal hearing today in Riverside (1/30/2012)
(California) -- More than 1,000 people -- many riding buses from Temecula -- are expected to gather this morning in the Riverside Convention Center for the first of two...
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Battle intensifies over proposed Temecula rock quarry (1/30/2012)
(California) -- A giant rock quarry proposed in the hills above Temecula had politicians from one of the most conservative corners of the Inland Empire railing Monday...
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Concerns over jobs, environment dominate hearing (1/30/2012)
(California) -- The yearning for employment in tough times and the fear of toxic air and environmental ruin drew more than 1,000 people to the Riverside Convention...
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1st hearing Monday on quarry appeal (1/26/2012)
(California) -- The moment that thousands of people in Southwest County have been awaiting for years arrives next week.
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More hearings on strip mine near Temecula (1/12/2012)
(California) -- A mining company's appeal to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for reconsideration of plans for a strip mine near Temecula will be the...
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County sets quarry appeal dates (1/11/2012)
(California) -- County officials have scheduled two dates for an appeal before the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on the proposed Liberty Quarry open-pit mine...
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Quarry appeal will be heard in Riverside (1/10/2012)
(California) -- The appeal of the Riverside County Planning Commission’s rejection of a 414-acre quarry will be heard in Riverside despite a request from quarry...
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Options for Granite if board denies Liberty Quarry project (1/2/2012)
(California) -- Some of the people following the debate over a quarry proposed south of Temecula recently posed an interesting "what if" question. If the...
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Quarry appeal could be heard in February (1/2/2012)
(California) -- An appeal on the Liberty Quarry project could be taken up by Riverside County supervisors in early February, the board’s new chairman said. In an...
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Snowbowl
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Construction Begins on San Francisco Peaks; Controversy Far From Over (5/12/2012)
(Arizona) -- The Arizona Snowbowl ski area, near Flagstaff, began construction this week on the infrastructure to deliver treated wastewater for snowmaking on its slopes.
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Owners of Ariz. ski resort plan for man-made snow (3/8/2012)
(Arizona) -- A northern Arizona ski resort on a mountain that American Indian tribes consider sacred is planning to spray artificial snow beneath the chairlifts next...
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9th Circuit denies second Snowbowl appeal (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- Calling it a "gross abuse of the judicial process," a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 turned thumbs down on a...
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Arizona Snowbowl Wins Again in Quest For Snowmaking (2/16/2012)
(Arizona) -- In what a federal appeals court called “a gross abuse of the judicial process,” opponents to snowmaking at Arizona Snowbowl lost yet another...
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Navajo Administration releases opinion on the Peaks (2/15/2012)
(Arizona) -- Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Vice President Rex Lee Jim jointly issued the following statement regarding the Save The Peaks Coalition v. United...
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San Francisco Peaks Ruling Draws Heavy Opinions (2/13/2012)
(California) -- Flagstaff, Arizona residents were out in droves on February 10, to enjoy a sunny and unusually warm winter’s day in the shadow of the San Francisco...
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Hopis appeal Snowbowl ruling (2/8/2012)
(Arizona) -- In August 2011, the Hopi Tribe filed a complaint in Arizona state court challenging the city of Flagstaff's plan to allow reclaimed wastewater to be...
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Peaks plaintiff: Public will have final say in reclaimed sewage issue (1/12/2012)
(Arizona) -- While she's not sure how the federal judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule after hearing arguments in the Arizona Snowbowl case Monday,...
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Court Hears Arguments in Arizona Snowbowl Snowmaking Project Dispute (1/10/2012)
(California) -- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to the approval of Arizona Snowbowl’s plan to use...
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Federal court hears Arizona ski resort wastewater case (1/10/2012)
(California) -- A federal appellate court in San Francisco is considering arguments that challenge the planned use of treated wastewater to make snow at an northern...
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Mining & Drilling
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BLOG: A Sacred Peak With Rich Ore Deposits (4/12/2012)
(Montana) -- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana are seeking to have a mountain peak listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the hope of...
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Mexico: Indigenous Sacred Land Saved as Mining Project Suspended (3/3/2012)
(Mexico) -- A Mexican court has ordered the suspension of 38 mining projects in the sacred indigenous area of Wirikuta in the northern Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
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Long Live Wirikuta! Mexico Judiciary Suspends Mining Concessions On Wixarika Lands (2/28/2012)
(Mexico) -- The Wixarika people, after campaigning for seventeen straight months to protect their sacred territory, have been granted a major reprieve by the federal...
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Huichol ‘cosmic portal’ peyote ceremonies threatened by silver mine (2/14/2012)
(Mexico) -- For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams...
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Pine Ridge
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Native Sun News: Sacred sites in Black Hills face desecration (4/5/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Yet another federally funded “improvement” project threatens to further undermine the sanctity and integrity of a culturally relevant...
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Other News
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Bear Butte Forum discusses issues surrounding Bear Butte (5/5/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The Bear Butte Forum took place on Saturday to address various issues surrounding the mountain in Meade County. Those who attended the forum voiced...
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Chumash history revealed during hike to sacred site (4/26/2012)
(California) -- “They would pour water in the holes and when the reflection of the Little Dipper matched up with the holes, they knew what time of year it was,...
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Sitka Tribe, Sealaska reach deal on sacred sites (4/2/2012)
(Alaska) -- The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has reached a deal to manage sacred sites near Sitka. Five of the sites are already owned by Sealaska Corporation. And the deal for...
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Winnemem Wintu map sacred sites around Shasta Lake (3/25/2012)
(California) -- Anthropologist Lyla Johnston takes a reading on the shores of Shasta Lake, near the Rocky Ridge village site. Winnemem Wintu families lived in the area...
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American Indian studies professors blast Palomar College over sacred site (3/19/2012)
(California) -- Palomar College did not consult with its own American Indian studies professors last month as protests broke out at a college construction site in...
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Dighton mulls public hearing on Council Oak proposal (3/6/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The proposal by G. Lopes Construction, Inc. to remove gravel from a parcel of land adjacent to the Council Oak in Dighton — a sacred Native...
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Construction continues over Indian burial ground (3/4/2012)
(California) -- Construction on Horse Ranch Creek Road is advancing despite the discovery of a Native American burial ground and an ensuing lawsuit.
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BLOG: Hearing for Temporary Restraining Order will continue tomorrow (2/28/2012)
(California) -- This morning’s hearing for the Temporary Restraining Order sought by the San Luis Rey band to halt work at Tomkav was attended by about 20 tribal...
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Indians Seek Halt to Road Work Near I-15 (2/28/2012)
(California) -- A court hearing to consider a temporary restraining request by Indian tribes to stop construction of a road in Fallbrook they say is desecrating sacred...
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San Luis Rey Band Seeks Injunction To Stop Road Work (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Heavy equipment is already cutting through fields at the junction of Interstate 15 and Highway 76 for an access road to a new Palomar College campus.
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Tom-Kav the New Rallying Cry: Prayers Needed to Stop Further Desecration of Sacred Sites (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Non-Indian historians refer to Tom-Kav, the San Luis Rey Complex, as a pre-historic site. These historians should and must measure it against the...
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Column: American Indian Human Remains: Where is the Human Decency? (2/27/2012)
(California) -- Imagine if you would what would happen if there was a small 1850s Catholic cemetery in San Diego County where 25 people are buried. Imagine going to the...
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Day 1: Tom- Kav, Luiseño Indian Sacred Site (Campo Santo): Stop the Desecration! (2/25/2012)
(California) -- Yesterday, a group of indigenous elders and tribal citizens stopped bulldozers from further damaging their sacred site, Tom-Kav. The San Luis Rey Band of...
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Luiseno and Mission Indians: Halt Palomar College from disturbing burial site (2/25/2012)
(California) -- Today the Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians joined the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians in its formal request to stop Palomar College from grading...
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San Diego County Burial Site Desecration (2/25/2012)
(California) -- American Indians are back on the scene of the construction site in this northern San Diego County town to stop further desecration of an ancestral burial...
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Bulldozers tear up tribal burial ground (2/24/2012)
(California) -- Bulldozers began digging up a land that was once a Native American burial ground Thursday for a project to expand Palomar College.
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San Diego County tribe says sacred site bulldozed (2/24/2012)
(California) -- A San Diego County tribe claims developers bulldozed a sacred site during construction of a road. The Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians has occupied land in...
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The 2,000 Year Old American Indian Mounds of Tennessee (2/23/2012)
(Tennessee) -- A great article in The Tennessean highlights the state’s incredible mounds, created two thousand years ago in the current Westhaven community.
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Fighting for future of Dighton Council Oak site (2/22/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- At the March 7 Board of Selectmen meeting, the selectmen will hear a proposal from G. Lopes Construction Inc. to remove gravel from land adjacent to...
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Tribe files new request to stop work on Indian burial ground (2/18/2012)
(California) -- A North County tribe filed two more legal actions Friday to stop construction on a Fallbrook road it says will rip through an ancient tribal burial...
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