The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus by Martha T. Brown

On Saturday, September 3, 2016, the company behind the contentious Dakota Access Pipeline project bulldozed land containing Native American burial grounds, grave markers, and artifacts–including ancient cairns and stone prayer rings. We join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in denouncing the recent destruction of ancient burial sites, places of prayer and other significant cultural artifacts sacred to the Lakota and Dakota people. To President Obama, the United States Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers:Īs archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and museum workers committed to responsible stewardship, we are invested in the preservation and interpretation of archaeological and cultural heritage for the common good. New York Times (online and print), The Guardian, TeleSUR, Art Forum, Hyperallergic, ArtNet News, ArtFix Daily, The Art Newspaper, Common Dreams, Popular Resistance, NativeNewsOnline, Indigenous Rising, IndianCountryToday, LRInspire, Colorlines, Clearwater Tribune, Daily Kos, RT, KFYR TV (Bismarck), Nonprofit Quarterly Open Letter & Signatories If you are an archaeologists, anthropologist, historian or museum worker you are invited to add your name by emailing Media coverage The Natural History Museum initiated this sign-on letter concerning the destruction of Native American burial grounds and sacred sites by the Dakota Access Pipeline company.

The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus by Martha T. Brown