[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Yawn. The old “Sacred Indian Burial Ground” schtick again.

I thought that went out 20 years ago.

[chessplayer]

So much for dumbo’s “fast track.” They can tie this up in the courts for decades.

[dfwgator]

Translation: “We want more money.”

[Conservative4Ever]

...disturb unmarked graves of their ancestors...huh?...but how....oh never mind.

[sitkaspruce]

Lol. I am sure they will walk the entire route. An historic ditch from the 30’s boy we need to preserve that.

[Jonty30]

I don’t really get the sacred body thing. If you account that Indian tribes were nomadic, they camped all over the place.

Almost every square inch of the continent, over the last 20,000 years probably has a buried body. If indeed a person should stay off sacred ground, because of buried bodies, they’d all have to leave the continent.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yeah yeah, we'll pay you schlubs a few million bucks extra. We know you put your dead on platforms up in trees for the birds to eat, but to keep the project moving we'll pretend you buried them. OK? OK.

[Tupelo]

When they were building the border fence across the Tohono O’Odohom nation at the Arizona. Mexico border, some of the tribal members were hired to help identify any artifacts and when identified, they just adjusted the route of the fence to accommodate the tribe's beliefs. Why not do the same for a pipeline?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***...the route might disrupt sacred sites holding the unmarked graves of their ancestors. ***

So? There are lots of unmarked graves of along the Chisholm trail through Oklahoma. Don’t hear any of the whites crying about the disturbance of the old graves of cowboys who died on the cattle drives.

[dalereed]

After all this time a spill might be welcome to “oil” their joints!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Interesting history of the Sauc and Fox nation...

http://www.tolatsga.org/sf.html

It appears their ancient graves are in Michigan. Only the later graves would be on Oklahoma. Wonder if they throw fits when the Michigan people build over the historic unmarked graves there.

[thackney]

So, has he always been this concerned about pipelines crossing Oklahoma?