Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874178274 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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This powerful book is a balanced account of the legal struggle over an important historic site.” -- Donald L. “Danger, ancient legends, and a legal fight for the sacred. Fixico, author of American Indians in a Modern World
A thoughtful, evenhanded accounting of a groundbreaking court case Midwest Book Review Matthew S. Makley (Assistant Professor of History, Metropolitan State College in Denver) and Michael J. Makley present Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place, the chronicle of a recent, drawn-out dispute between the small Nevada tribe of the Washoe India. "An in depth two sided look a a diffucult case." according to Angel. The book "Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place" takes an in depth look at the complexity of the court case surrounding the area. The authors of the book attempt not only to look just at the court case but why Cave Rock is significant to rock climbers a
The Washoe are a small community of fewer than 2,000 members; the climbers were backed by a national advocacy and lobbying group and over a hundred powerful corporations. On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Over twenty years of bitter disputes and confrontation between the Washoe and the climbers ensued. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred site in western Nevada must cease. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth century as a world-class sport rock-climbing site. Cave Rock follows the history of the fight between these two groups and examines the legal challenges and administrative actions that ultimately resulted in a climbing ban. After over two centuries of judicial decisions allowing federal control, economic development, or public interests to outweigh Indian claims to their sacred places, the Court’s ruling was both unprecedented and highly significant. As the authors conclude, the long-term implications of the ruling for the protection of Native rights are of equal consequence.