I'm also saddened to learn that all not states have enacted reburial or repatriation laws. My parents actually have an Indian mound located on their property in Iowa. The mound was discovered and registered after my parents purchased the land in the 1980s. Use of the mound is restricted: no digging, no structure can be built on top of it either. I keep forgetting to take my camera to my parents' home to take a picture of it. Not much to see really, it is just a grassy mound. Still, I think it is really cool whenever I tell someone that my folks are the caretakers of a state protected Indian mound.
If the thought of the Indian mound in Oxford being disturbed upsets you, you can make a virtual protest through Twitter or Facebook to show your support.
This is sad. It seems to me to be a wonderful opportunity for the Wal*Mart Corp to do something wonderful and to gain some good press. If they were to take advantage of the landscape and the burial mound and feature it in a respectful way without damaging it, it would draw business to them. What they’re doing now will only further damage their public image.
When posting an article such as this, why isn’t the various contact information also shown so that those wishing to take action and write in support of not destroying this historical marker be made available. It is something just to accept that destruction is a sad thing and another to write the senators, local officals, and notify the various news media in order to get this situation corrected.
Americans seem to be of little action when it comes to such destructive issues and always feel it is someone else’s responsibility to write, call, etc.
Remember, one contact to an offical represents 5,000 voices. Take action America.
Please sign the petition to save this Sacred Mound:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-destruction-of-a-sacred-indian-mound
Thank you for your support!