I received the following from Mike Teskey from
heritage-tourism net, and I believe the museum world may
be interested in help saving our history and heritage.

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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 07:50:00 -0600
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From: Mike Teskey <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Action Needed to Save Albuquerque Petroglyphs (fwd)

>Date:         Sat, 12 Oct 1996 18:47:52 -0400
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>From: John Hurley <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: Action Needed to Save Albuquerque Petroglyphs (fwd)
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>Thanks to ACRA-L for this post, originally from Native-L.
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>John Hurley                             [log in to unmask]
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PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT IN NEW MEXICO
IMPERILED BY ROAD PLANS

The Monument is now threatened by the City of Albuquerque's plans to
construct two commuter highways through the Monument - six lane Paseo del
Norte and four lane Unser Boulevard.

It is widely acknowledged that construction of Paseo del Norte would violate
applicable federal laws. For this reason Chavez is pushing for a
Congressional fix - an amendment to the Act which created the monument which
would authorize construction of the road. We need you help in preventing
such an atrocity, which will result in desecration of a sacred area, set a
dangerous precedent by allowing construction of commuter highways through a
unit of the National Park System, and degrade the area's cultural,
archeological, scientific and natural values.




John Martinson
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(509) 525-7793 (W)