7000 year old Indian Burial Site being destroyed!
Help us to stop the any further construction of this premises. The Gabrielino-Tongva tribes of Southern California are the second most recognized tribe in the state of California, yet have been unable to secure any land rights or benefits to their people. Their voices have been stifled once more in regards to protecting their ancient burial.
These findings should be researched and removed with grace and dignity by professional archeologists and either preserved or re-located according to the wishes of the Gabrielino-Tongva people!
Please sign our petition! Protests will be held every wednesday in Huntington Beach on the corner of Bolsa Chica and Warner Ave from 5 to 6pm until efforts are made to stop this unfortunate violation of historical and human rights!
For more info please e-mail hbsacredsite@yahoo.com and someone will return your message as promptly as possible, Thank you!
Help us to stop the any further construction of this premises. The Gabrielino-Tongva tribes of Southern California are the second most recognized tribe in the state of California, yet have been unable to secure any land rights or benefits to their people. Their voices have been stifled once more in regards to protecting their ancient burial.
These findings should be researched and removed with grace and dignity by professional archeologists and either preserved or re-located according to the wishes of the Gabrielino-Tongva people!
Please sign our petition! Protests will be held every wednesday in Huntington Beach on the corner of Bolsa Chica and Warner Ave from 5 to 6pm until efforts are made to stop this unfortunate violation of historical and human rights!
For more info please e-mail hbsacredsite@yahoo.com and someone will return your message as promptly as possible, Thank you!
"WE THE UNDERSIGNED",
SUPPORT THE GABRIELINO-TONGVA TRIBES IN PRESERVATION OF THEIR SACRED BURIAL SITE LOCATED IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA AROUND THE AREAS OF BOLSA CHICA/WARNER AVE.
WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS LAND SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND PROPERLY INVESTIGATED AND/ OR EXCAVATED BY PROFESSIONAL ARCHEOLOGISTS BEFORE ANY FURTHER CONTRUCTION OR MANIPULATION OF THESE GROUNDS CONTINUES.
WE BELIEVE THE GABRIELINO-TONGVA TRIBES SHOULD HAVE FIRST SAY IN HOW THE REMAINS OF THEIR ANCIENT ONES ARE PRESERVED AND/OR RELOCATED.
WE URGE CITY AND STATE TO SUPPORT THE GABIELINO-TONGVA TRIBES IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE THEIR HISTORY AND OUR HISTORY AS AMERICAN CITIZENS!
WE GIVE GREAT THANKS, FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS REGARDING THIS MATTER!
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i wish i knew more about my cherokee blood , all i can do is read about it ,i cant speak our language i dont know any songs or dances or what tribe my great grandparents come from but i know what it means to be a part of something so proud and beautiful the culture that was taken from my great grandparents will never be pass down to me but i can pass on what i learn and if this part of history and culture is destroyed it will be lost taken away from the family and lost with the family dont let this happen we shouldnt have to learn about our family out of books things that should be passed down some things you cant get out of books. native american i dont use this to say who i am iam american and america has many cultures and should rebuild the things it has destroyed
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4:40 am PST, Nov 12,
Ari R. Kolman, Canada
WHAT AN OUTRAGE! WHAT A DISGRACE! WHAT A HORRIFIC THOUGHT, BUT IT'S REALITY SO PLEASE STOP NOW!! You have desecrated at least 178 graves of Gabrielino-Tongva people HOW DARE YOU! The second most recognized tribe in the state of California, yet have no land rights or benefits for their people How would you like someone building homes on your grave? STOP STOP STOP!! It is actions like this that are tearing apart the country... The development on the Bolsa Chica reservation will be a travesty to the heritage of your state. These actions will rob Native Americans of their history by building over their land and graves. |
How does Native American history affect all of American history?
What will you tell your children about how this country was really founded? Wouldn't you like to tell your children about how you helped preserve the history and rights of the Native American peoples?
Native Americans were the first human inhabitants here in the USA and have been treated shamelessly by white peoples all throughout the history of this nation.
The truth...lies, greed, mistreatment of other human beings and nature!
All Earth mothers land is Sacred and to be treasured by all life forms,We are all One,It is time to awaken, our Hearts and to evolve into loving compassionate beings, stop the wars, the destruction and the killing of our sacred messengers/Animals,learn to respect your native brothers and sisters,Anumpeshi
How does Native American history affect all of American history?
What will you tell your children about how this country was really founded? Wouldn't you like to tell your children about how you helped preserve the history and rights of the Native American peoples?
There's been many people types of this country whine and complain about the way they are/were treated, when in reality, the Indians are the one's who have suffered. And now this, to destroy a burial ground by, once again, THE RICH AND GREEDY!!!
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4:04 pm PST, Nov 6,
JAY A, Virginia
please do the right thing! please do the right thing! |
This is an outrage. I cannot believe my eyes and ears that we are fighting over issues like this. There should be NO reason why they cannot build somewhere else. All for homes...they will trample over our ancestors like they were DIRT underneath there feet...we as a nation of natives need to put an end to this atrosity!! Why not go dig your parents,grandparents, whomever up...and see what it makes you feel inside...ya...that's what I thought!
You know..you never hear about anyone else burials being discraced like us...why is that so ~ all for the sake of Science?? Great...were lab rats...what next?
Is this yet another piece of Native American history you will take away from us?
Preserve this Native American history!
It will be interesting for generations to come!
Why would anyone even think to destroy any area that holds such history? There is no reason to do so. I mean NO reason good enough. Leave that burial site alone! Leave it be! Let them rest in peace always.
for generations us native americans have endured injustice, treaties the upmost law of the land aren't honord by the us government.. so for some rich wealthy developer to come along and put up plastic houses on our paradise (who has no culture or respect for mother earth) isn't new. look around us here in southern california, commercialized and forgetten, until someone hands itch and they make there way to win big in the casino on the reservations that we were forced onto. its a sad sad state of affairs when all it takes it heart to do the right thing and *IF YOU MUST* build elsewhere.. what would happen if a national momument or cemetary was disgraced? federal charges i bet... but for us to stand up for what we know is right in our hearts and come together and TRY to make a differance would give hope to the future, cause when the earth shakes one more time better off our ancestors are honored then some fruity tootry millionare and his desperate housewife a.k.a. barbie get (another) new home by ocean, in the luiseno's, chumash, and all other coastal tribes sacred land...
mitakuye oyasin
It reminds us continually the sacrifices made through many generations.
Already have, Three of our grandchildren are Blackfeet. The oldest granddaughter works very hard on keeping her heritage alive even though she is only 14.
Ronn P Duncan
We need to respect the culture and return any artifacts or remains to their rightful owners.
The development on the Bolsa Chica reservation will be a travesty to the heritage of our state. These actions will rob Native Americans of their history by building over their land and graves. These actions are nothing but a legal, non-violent way of committing genocide against a nation that has already suffered at the hands of powerful, who care more about profit than a people right to rest in peace.
Please I urge these immoral and oppressive actions be suspended. Development of Bolsa Chica is a an unjust action. Brightwater and Heartside homes willing concealed the existence of a burial ground knowing their actions were illegal and unethical, why else would they do what they did. These people who are in charge of the Bolsa Chica "development" knew they were wrong. None of these people would want the graves of their mothers, father, or any other of their ancestors to have a structure built on top of them so why should Bolsa Chicans be treated any less fairly. I urge these immoral actions to be ceased and a formal apology to the Native Americans.
THE PRESENT TURNS TO HISTORY FOR A REASON ,MAKE THE PRESENT MOMENT COUNT
IT MEANS ALOT,ITS OUR HISTORY OF THE WAY WE USE TO LIVE.ITS A WAY OF LIVE,DONT DESTROY THE INDIAN BURIAL,THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BURY THERE LOVED ONE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELES.AND BESIDES ITS NOT GOOD TO MESS WITH THE SPIRITS.LET THEM ALL REST IN PEACE JUST LIKE YOUR LOVED ONES THAT HAVE PASSED!
RESPECT FOR OUR ANCESTORS AND HONOR TO THEM!
WE NEED TO HEAR THE TRUTH AND PASS IT ON
When we destroy history what will we tell our children about themselves and their role in it.
The Native American have been subjected to more abuse,decimation by disease brought by the Pilgrims, terror, loss of rights, land and their sense of being to the Europeans who came and now own thru thievery and lies far longer than any other group of cohorts now in the U.S. WHY? I dunno, maybe because we were "dirty, stinking, injuns, red skins, who fought to the death for their lands and their religion. Only then to be subjected to the "Trail of Tears". Yes, I am part Native American.
The truth about who all of their ancestors were. THE TRUTH
