Just thought I'd pass this on. Vinni --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-11 16:54:57 EDT From: GaiaCrowe To: JROBIN826,Moonstar43,Sturmisch To: Akin2Magi,TBuck11731 To: Swissedg@packbel.com,RavynWillo To: BTSAuthor,Amun66Ra,LaVinnia8 --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-11 16:50:58 EDT From: GPhoenix To: GaiaCrowe Please help!!!! --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-11 15:30:37 EDT From: Mi FEATHER To: GPhoenix --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Fwd: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-09 00:20:02 EDT From: Whyt nukle To: Mi FEATHER,ItsaFact --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-04 10:25:28 EDT From: NASC Swan ~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~<>~ Folks, this data has been forwarded to the NASC to share with you. Please pay close attention to this story. It is a good idea to follow web links and inform any news media that you can contact of this incident.... ~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ NASC MAILING~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ Subj: Re: NASC: Sacred Grounds and WalMart Date: 97-08-03 14:59:53 EDT From: Tall Eagle To: NASC Swan Dear Swan, I would like to update you on the present state of the Wal-Mart vs. Indian Graves here in TN. At this point, there is no real news. Today's paper (Sunday, Aug 3, 1997) featured an article about the Native People here in TN, and their position on the graves. In the same section, there was another article regarding the community group that is opposing the same location due to community reasons and the environmental impact that building on that site would have. The final vote in the Nashville Metro City Council will be held this coming Thursday, August 7, 1997. It will be in this meeting that the final zoning decision will be made. Right now, the land still belongs to one Adelaide Purdue. Sale of the land is conditional on the passing of new zoning to make the property commercially zoned. It is my understanding that Ms. Purdue knew of the graves on the land, and did not disclose that information to the developers. The Alliance for Native American Indian Rights (a Nashville based Indian organization) and the Native American Spiritual Alliance (a non-profit corporation formed for the protection of grave sites and sacred sites) have joined forces in a united effort to try to thwart the desecration of the graves. Presently, we are holding sweats once a week and making tobacco ties to cover the trees at the entrance of the property. Once, they have been removed, but they have since been replaced. Prayer, at this time, is our best action. One possibility is that we can tie this up in court for enough time for Wal-Mart to lose interest. There are several attorneys looking into that course of action right now. We have very little legal recourse on this matter except for one archaic cemetary law that could work against us as well as for us. It would depend on the interpretation of the law by whichever judge were to hear the case. We are, of course, preparing for the worst. If necessary, we are prepared to launch a large PEACEFUL civil disobedience against this proposal just like the successful one we had here in 1990 when the Native American Spiritual Alliance and the Alliance for Native American Indian Rights staged a 4 month camp-in/protest which ended with the then proposed landfill being abandoned. I wish I could give you better news. At this time, we are still hopeful that between the massive letter writing campaign to the Metro City Council and Wal-Mart, and our constant efforts to get public support, we may still win in the vote on Thursday night. However, if the zoning goes through, we are far from finished with this fight. We, here in Tennessee, gratefully accept any support you and your mailing list have given, and will give. Our brothers and sisters across the country are still working diligently for us, and for that we are extremely grateful. Please, all members of the NASC list, continue your writing and phoning of Wal-Mart. In response to your questions regarding the Wal-Mart potential Grave Desecration in Nashville, I'm posting the vote from the last Metro Nashville City Council. All of these people can be written to email at "nashville.org".. look for the "feedback" section. Voting Wal-Mart NO Voting Wal-Mart YES 1. Vic Varallo 1. Regina Patton 2. Ronnie Steine 2. Melvin Black 3. Chris Ferrell 3. Eric Crafton (councilman in district of site) 4. Leo Waters 4. Don Majors 5. Frank Harrison, Jr. 5. Earl Campbell 6. Eileen Behan 6. Lawrence Hart 7. Stewart Clifton 7. James Dillard 8. Morris B. Haddox 8. Tim Garrett 9. Michelle Arriola 9. Mike Wooden 10. Saletta Holloway 10. Phil Ponder 11. Charles D. French ABSTAINED 12. Roy Dale 1. Geroge Armistead 13. Jerry Wayne Graves 2. James Bruce Stanley 14. Mansfield Douglas 3. Vic Lineweaver 15. Julius Sloss 16. Willis McCallister ABSENT 17. Horace Johns 1. Ron Nollner 18. Janis Sontany 2. John Arron Holt 19. David Kleinfelter 3. Ron Turner 20. Durward Hall 21. Leroy Hollis Total: 10 NO 22. Tom Alexander 24 YES 23. Craig A. Jenkins 24. Charles Fentress TOTAL NEEDED TO PASS THE COUNCIL VOTE = 21 WE NEED TO CHANGE THE "YES" VOTE TO 20 OR BELOW TO DEFEAT THE COUNCIL VOTE ON AUGUST 7. VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING OF A WAL-MART ON KNOWN INDIAN GRAVES IN TENNESSEE. Phone Wal-Mart..... 1-800-925-6278 Prepare to be patient while waiting for your call to be answered. Ask for BILL... (assistant to David Glass).... Calmly state our case. Ask "Does Wal-Mart really feel the need to desecrate Indian Graves and alienate the entire Indian Population of the US? Are they willing to lose our family's discount store dollars?" Remember, gang... Wal-Mart supports WIC... a program that supplements pregnant mothers and young children. They are NOT all bad. BUT, they seem to have little or NO regard for the graves of our ancestors. FAX WAL-MART!!!! 1-501-273-4053 If we raise enough ruckus... They gotta listen to somebody! Otherwise, a lot of your brothers and sisters in Nashville are prepared to hold hands around the graves, and wait to be arrested. Are you willing to be one of us? We are at the last stages of what we can do politically. The next step will have to be NON-VIOLENT civil disobedience. Let's hope it stops at that We in Nashville Thank you for your continuted support. Tall Eagle Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ NASC MAILING ~<>~//\/\/\\~<>~ Please remember that the NASC (NA STORY CIRCLE) mailing list is a free SUBSCRIPTION mailing list which is just over 750 people........... If you wish to be placed or removed from this listing simply email NASC Swan@aol.com. 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