Tue, 23 Dec 1997 07:01:26 -0800 (PST)
	Tue, 23 Dec 1997 06:58:45 -0800 (PST)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 06:58:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Eugene E. Ruyle" <eruyle@csulb.edu>
To: CAROL UPADHYA <cupadhya@bom2.vsnl.net.in>
Subject: Re: In Whose Honor?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.971120214318.16235A-100000@bom2.vsnl.net.in>

You might be interested in the Puvungna struggle here at CSULB. We have an
Indian sacred site on campus which has been on the National Register of
Historic Places for over twenty years. The campus administration decided
to develop the 22 acre site for a strip mall. Local Indians were able to
mobilize and block the scheme with the help of the ACLU. The case is still
in court, but the Indians are winning. For further info, see the Puvungna
web site:

http://www.csulb.edu/~eruyle/puvuhome.html

On Indian identity issues, you may have seen the very bad article on
Chumash identiy in the latest Current Anthropology. It looks good unless
you know something about Chumash politics. 

Alas, I don't know of a progressive anthropologist mailing list, but if
you find one, please let me know.

Gene

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