Thanks for posting this message to the Museum-L.  I'd be happy to help.
What would you suggest I, and others on the List do? Perhaps someone
knowledgeable about the situation in New Mexico could compose a  form
letter that Museum-L members could send to an appropriate recipient(s).

Paula Freedman
San Francisco

>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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>To: [log in to unmask]
>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
>>Reply-To: Public History Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sender: Public History Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
>>From: John Hurley <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject:      Re: Action Needed to Save Albuquerque Petroglyphs (fwd)
>>Comments: To: [log in to unmask]
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>Thanks to ACRA-L for this post, originally from Native-L.
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>>John Hurley                             [log in to unmask]
>>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: Robert Winthrop <[log in to unmask]>
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>>[snip]
>>
>>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list NATIVE-L <[log in to unmask]>
>
>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.
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>
>
>John Martinson
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>288 N.E. Maple Avenue
>College Place, WA  99324
>(509) 525-7793 (W)