Comments on: Event to Preserve Native Sites and Culture March 13 http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/03/event-to-preserve-native-sites-and-culture-march-13/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/03/event-to-preserve-native-sites-and-culture-march-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4004 Glynn Wilson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:38:57 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6524#comment-4004 My understanding is this is a ceremonial mound, not a burial mound. This photo was taken from the backside of a Home Depot, which is located in the strip mall -- built on top of the burial ground! I will know more after I get a chance to get with the folks who know on the ground there this weekend. Anybody got a video camera who wants to come along for the ride? Up for a little "citizen journalism?" That's what the TeeVee networks call it anyway, when they get people to send them pictures and video (content) for free! Funny how the corporate media wants it free, and here on the Web Press, we are trying to figure out a way to pay writers and photographers... My understanding is this is a ceremonial mound, not a burial mound. This photo was taken from the backside of a Home Depot, which is located in the strip mall — built on top of the burial ground!

I will know more after I get a chance to get with the folks who know on the ground there this weekend.

Anybody got a video camera who wants to come along for the ride? Up for a little “citizen journalism?” That’s what the TeeVee networks call it anyway, when they get people to send them pictures and video (content) for free! Funny how the corporate media wants it free, and here on the Web Press, we are trying to figure out a way to pay writers and photographers…

]]> By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/03/event-to-preserve-native-sites-and-culture-march-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4003 Yana Davis Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:32:46 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6524#comment-4003 Time to invoke the spirit of William Weatherford on this one! This is an historic site, a burial site. "No" should be the resounding answer. Time to invoke the spirit of William Weatherford on this one! This is an historic site, a burial site. “No” should be the resounding answer.

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/03/event-to-preserve-native-sites-and-culture-march-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4002 Glynn Wilson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:17 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6524#comment-4002 There are many questions left unanswered about this story. Why, for example, is there no investigation of the mayor who reportedly sold the land for $7 million -- while he was an elected official prohibited by law from profiting from his position -- where a strip mall has already been built on top of a Native American burial ground? What, no one's even filed an ethics complaint with the state Ethics Commission? There are many questions left unanswered about this story.

Why, for example, is there no investigation of the mayor who reportedly sold the land for $7 million — while he was an elected official prohibited by law from profiting from his position — where a strip mall has already been built on top of a Native American burial ground?

What, no one’s even filed an ethics complaint with the state Ethics Commission?

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/03/event-to-preserve-native-sites-and-culture-march-13/comment-page-1/#comment-4001 Glynn Wilson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:45 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=6524#comment-4001 <em>The Anniston Star</em> newspaper has covered some stories related to the mound, although it is "fair and balanced" corporate-style coverage and none of it appears to be investigative, watchdog journalism. <a href="http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/special_stonemound" rel="nofollow">Oxford stone mound coverage</a> The Anniston Star newspaper has covered some stories related to the mound, although it is “fair and balanced” corporate-style coverage and none of it appears to be investigative, watchdog journalism.

Oxford stone mound coverage

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