THE WAR TO SAVE NATIVE AMERICA'S SACRED SITES AND HOLY PLACES
By Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
FOR OVER 25 YEARS, I SERVED AS BOTH AN ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST FOR MORE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR INDIAN COUNTRY.
ONE OF MY MAIN PASSIONS AS A NATIVE MAN, IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SACRED SITES AND HOLY PLACES THROUGH OUT INDIAN COUNTRY.
THE DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE MOUND CITIES OR BURIAL MOUND SACRED SITES
I CANNOT TELL YOU THE ANGER AND FRUSTRATION I HAVE AS A CHEROKEE NATIVE PERSON AND SEEING THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OUR TEMPLE CITY OR BURIAL MOUNDS THROUGH OUT THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE THE CHEROKEE, CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, CREEK AND SEMINOLE NATIONS WERE LOCATED.
TO SEE SAM'S CLUB, WAL-MART AND TARGET AND OTHER CORPORATE CHAINS TO BRING HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TO TOTALLY REMOVE AND DECIMATE ENTIRE COMPLEXES OF ANCIENT TEMPLE MOUND CITIES OR THE CLASSIC MESO-AMERICAN BURIAL MOUNDS MAKES ME DAMN ANGRY!
KNOWING THE ANCIENT ONES WHO SLEEP THERE, AND THEIR FUNERARY MEDICINES LAY BESIDE THEM ARE DESTROYED FOREVER. WELL I HAVE REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT!
TO SEE THESE SAME MOUND COMPLEXES OR BURIAL MOUNDS ON ' PRIVATE PROPERTY' WHERE THE OWNERS ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE ADMITTED FOR TWENTY DOLLARS.
THE PUBLIC GOES DIRECTLY TO A MOUND AND STARTS DIGGING INTO THE MOUND AND MAY REMOVE ANY SKELETAL REMAINS OR FUNERARY MEDICINES OF MY ANCESTORS.
HELL YEAH, I WANT TO KICK MAINSTREAM ASS FOR THESE CRIMES AGAINST OUR PEOPLE!
BELOW THE MOUND AT THE GROUND LEVEL, THERE IS POTENTIAL OF THREE THOUSAND INTER-GENERATIONAL ANCESTORS RANGING FROM 1,500 TO 7000 YEARS OF AGE.
THE ECO-RAPE OF SACRED SITES AND HOLY PLACES ON MOUNTAIN TOPS BY COAL COMPANIES
LET'S FOCUS THAT SAME ATTENTION TO THE MULTI-NATIONAL ENERGY COMPANIES, SUCH AS PEABODY ENERGY COMPANY. THEIR SUBSIDIARY IS PEABODY COAL COMPANY, THE LARGEST COAL-STRIPPING MINING OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA.
THEY HAVE CREATED OPEN SORES ON MOUNTAIN TOPS OPERATING BARELY LEGAL AND YET THE LARGEST OPEN PIT COAL MINES IN THE WORLD. A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS, IS THE ECO-RAPE OF BIG MOUNTAIN IN BLACK MESA, AZ., ON DINE AND HOPI LAND BY PEABODY COAL.
PEABODY COAL AND THEIR AFFILIATES IN THE SOUTHEAST HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE NASTY ECO-RAPE HABIT CALLED MOUNTAIN TOP CLEARING.
AS EXAMPLE IN THE HEART OF COAL COUNTRY IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST KENTUCKY, ENTIRE MOUNTAIN TOPS ARE CLEARED BY THE USE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES TO EXPOSE THE COAL VEINS AT THE TOP OF WHAT IS LEFT OF THE MOUNTAIN TOP.
THE PROCESS OF THE OPEN PIT COAL STRIPPING MINES WILL BEGAN WITH MOUNTAIN TOP NOW BEING LEVELED OFF.
HOWEVER, IT IS THESE SAME MOUNTAIN TOPS THAT ARE THE PLACES THAT OUR SACRED SITES AND HOLY PLACES ARE LOCATED.
THE VAST AND ELABORATE SYSTEMS OF CAVES AND CAVERNS THAT RUN ABOVE AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN TOP ARE FOREVER GONE DUE TO THIS FORM OF ECO-RAPE.
FOR WE AS NATIVE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHEAST KNOW THAT EVERYTHING-THE MOUNTAIN, THE CAVES, THE UNDERGROUND WATER IS BOTH SACRED AND HOLY.
THESE ARE THE MOUNTAINS WE DESCENDED TO FROM OUR JOURNEY FROM THE STAR SYSTEM OF PLEIADES, WHEN CREATOR DEEMED US TO BE THERE FOR CREATION OR SACRED TIME.
THESE WERE THE PLACES, WHERE OUR HOLY PEOPLE, DOCTORS, MEDICINE AND SPIRITUAL PEOPLE WOULD COME TO PRAY, DANCE AND SING TO THE CREATOR TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE AND WORLD IN SPIRITUAL BALANCE AND HARMONY.
NOW THEY ARE GONE, DUE TO ECO-RAPE OF MOUNTAIN TOPS BY PEABODY AND AFFILIATES.
THE WAR MOVES TO THE SHELL MOUNDS IN CALIFORNIA
IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN PABLO BAYS,THE CALIFORNIA NATIVES HAD CREATED ELABORATE SHELL MOUND COMPLEXES.
THE COAST AND BAY MEWUK, SOUTH POMO, WAPPO. PATWIN-WINTUN, NORTH YOKUT AND OHLONE NATIONS HAD OVER 500 SHELL MOUNDS THAT WERE RECORDED AND KNOWN OF BY THE LATE 18TH CENTURY.
MOST OF THESE SHELL MOUND COMPLEXES WERE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD, LONG BEFORE PRE-CONTACT TIMES.
IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE FEW REMAINING SHELL MOUNDS ARE BEING BOTH DESTROYED AND DECIMATED BY SHOPPING MALL DEVELOPMENTS, SUBURBAN HOUSING TRACKS OR OTHER CORPORATE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
EVEN HISTORIC NATIVE COMMUNITIES WHERE SHELL MOUNDS STILL REMAIN, CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS AND DESTROYERS OF SHELL MOUND COMPLEXES.
ONE SUCH CASE IS THE CITY OF VALLEJO AND IT'S RECREATION AND PARKS DIVISION- THE GREATER VALLEJO RECREATION DISTRICT.
THE GLEN COVE SHELL MOUND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF VALLEJO, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN SHELL MOUNDS IN THE NORTHEAST BAY. IT IS RECORDED AROUND TO BE SOME 4,000 YEARS OF AGE.
THE ANCESTORS SLEEP IN THE SHELL MOUND WITH THEIR FUNERARY MEDICINES ALONG SAN PABLO BAY.
YET THE GREATER VALLEJO RECREATION DISTRICT, KNOWING THAT WITH THEIR OWN DOCUMENTED REPORTS AND RECORDS THAT IT IS A SHELL MOUND, STILL PLAN TO BUILD ON IT.
THE VALLEJO INTERTRIBAL COUNCIL AND SSPIRIT (SACRED SITES PROTECTION & RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS TRIBES) HAS SPENT MORE A DECADE BATTLING THE GVRD FROM DESTROYING AND DESECRATING THE GLEN COVE SHELL MOUND. THE BATTLE LINES ARE CLEARLY DRAWN.
THE GVRD SOON PLANS TO DEVELOP PARK INFRA-STRUCTURE AND DESECRATE THE SACRED SHELL MOUND EVEN MORE. THE GVRD MASTER PLAN ENTAILS TO DEVELOP THE BURIAL SITE OF THE ANCESTORS INTO A RECREATIONAL AREA. COMPLETE WITH PARKING, BATHROOM FACILITIES, PICNIC AREAS, LIGHTS AND A WALKING PATH THROUGH THE SHELL MOUND.
ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2009, VALLEJO INTERTRIBAL COUNCIL, SSPIRIT, NATIVE ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS, OTHER CONCERNED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS PLAN TO CONVERGE AT THE GVRD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AT 11 AM. (LOCATED AT 329-AMADOR)
THERE SHALL BE A GLEN COVE SPIRITUAL WALK, A JOURNEY FOR THE ANCESTORS.
THE SPIRITUAL WALK WILL START AT THE GVRD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND WILL END AT SHELL MOUND AT THE GLEN COVE WATER FRONT PARK.
THE GOAL IS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE BOTH THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA HOW DANGEROUS AND DEADLY THE GVRD PROPOSED MASTER PLAN IS FOR MAKING THE SACRED SHELL MOUND INTO A RECREATIONAL USAGE AREA.
THE MASTER PLAN WOULD DESECRATE AND DESTROY THE SHELL MOUND IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS.
EVEN CITIES LIKE VALLEJO,CALIFORNIA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CONDUCT AND ACTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE DESECRATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SHELL MOUND.
IT IS OUR DUTY AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO WIN THIS WAR TO SAVE OUR SACRED SITES AND HOLY PLACES.
Wado and A-ho,
Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
Editor of - TEACHING THE VALUES OF PEACE
http://www.teachngthevaluesofpeace.blogspot.com
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