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State to consider charge that developer mishandled Indian remains

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 [...]

Bolsa Chica Protest/Prayer this Saturday (11/1)

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 [...]

No burial for 10,000-year-old bones

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 [...]

UCSD Repatriation Teach-In Monday, October 13

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 [...]

Exploring Native American Repatriation Act at UCSD Teach-in

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 [...]

Sacred ground? Dig to determine

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 [...]

Teach-in at UCSD to Explore Native American Repatriation Act

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 ) [...]

City to Mission: Keep cemetery garden as is

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 [...]

American Indians plan protest of Huntington Beach project

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 [...]

Tribe meets with Riverside sheriffs, mediators on shootout

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 [...]