On Nov. 13, Hearthside Homes’ officials will defend its development permit for a 300-home project in Huntington Beach.
BY CINDY CARCAMO, The Orange County Register
HUNTINGTON BEACH - State officials will consider revoking a housing development permit after a group of American Indians complained that the developer mishandled their ancestor’s remains and failed to report 6,000 bags [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by hunwut
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We will hold our monthly protest/prayer this Saturday, Nov. 1st from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at the corner of Bolsa Chica St. and Warner Ave. We encourage you to attend as we want to have a strong presence of prayer as we prepare for the revocation hearing on Thursday, Nov. 13th. We have about [...]

Posted on October 30th, 2008 by hunwut
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University of California denies request for repatriation of remains.
Rex Dalton
San Diego
In the latest twist in the tug-of-war between Native Americans and anthropologists, officials at the University of California have decided not to repatriate a pair of well-preserved skeletons that are nearly 10,000 years old.
Archaeology students unearthed the bones in 1976 near the clifftop home of [...]

Posted on October 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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Grave Injustice: UCSD Repatriation Teach-In Monday, October 13, 2008 at 5-7 pm
For the Kumeyaay and for all Native Americans, the right to repatriate the remains of ancestors was made law in 1990 with the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). This act safeguards Indian grave sites from disruption and creates [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2008 by hunwut
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Written by Jan Jennings - UCSD
Monday, 29 September 2008
San Diego, California - The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) will be up for scrutiny when four panelists offer different points of view to the Grave Injustice: UCSD Repatriation Teach-In Oct. 13 in the Student Services Center at the University of California, San Diego.
The [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 by hunwut
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By Kristin Bender, Oakland Tribune
9/26/2008
BERKELEY - Crews earlier this week began boring holes in the ground at the former oak grove next to UC Berkeley’s football stadium in an effort to prove that the 1.5-acre site is not a sacred Native American burial ground - as former tree sitters and their supporters have claimed, university [...]

Posted on September 26th, 2008 by hunwut
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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) will be up for scrutiny when four panelists offer different points of view to the Grave Injustice: UCSD Repatriation Teach-In Oct. 13 in the Student Services Center at the University of California, San Diego.
(Media-Newswire.com) - The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( NAGPRA ) [...]

Posted on September 26th, 2008 by hunwut
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Mission San Juan Capistrano denies disturbing human remains.
By PETER SCHELDEN, Staff Writer
Mission San Juan Capistrano will not be required to remove any more of the
unpermitted amenities it built over a cemetery in the parish priest’s personal
rectory garden.
Following a discussion marked by tribal feuding and angry words from church
supporters, the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by hunwut
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Some members of the Juaneño, Gabrielino-Tongva and other tribes want the Coastal Commission to revoke Hearthside-Brightwater’s permit for 300-home development.
BY CINDY CARCAMO, The Orange County Register
HUNTINGTON BEACH – American Indians and their supporters will gather at the Brightwater Hearthside Homes site Wednesday to protest what they say is the developer’s disrespect toward their ancestors and [...]

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by hunwut
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By ALLISON HOFFMAN, The Associated Press
SAN JACINTO CA
Leaders of Southern California’s Soboba Indian tribe met Friday with Riverside County sheriff’s officials and a federal mediator amid tensions arising from the killings of three people on the reservation during recent gunbattles with deputies.
“I hope we can work out a mutual agreement over what has happened,” tribal [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2008 by hunwut
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