California attorney general pressed to protect sacred site

Thursday, April 14, 2011  

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is being asked to stop the construction of a park on top of a sacred site.

Ohlone, Miwok and other descendants don't want a 3,500-year-old settlement in Glen Cove disturbed. Plans call for the Greater Vallejo Recreation District and the city of Vallejo to put restrooms on top of a burial site.

"Our ancestors deserve a place where they can rest forever," Corinna Gould, who is Ohlone, told The San Francisco Chronicle. "People everywhere understand that ancient cemeteries are sacred places. But in Vallejo, they want to put a bathroom on one."

The Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes believe construction could start as early as today. The group filed a civil rights complaint with Harris, whose office indicated it might be referred to the California Native American Heritage Commission.

Get the Story:
Ohlones file complaint about plan for burial site (The San Francisco Chronicle 4/14)
Native Americans file a civil rights complaint against Vallejo, GRVD to stop Glen Cove park project (The Valley Times Herald 4/14)