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<blockquote data-quote="Teacher" data-source="post: 5143229" data-attributes="member: 11300"><p>I was trained by TVA for a program called One Thousand Eyes. We basically monitor sites on TVA property and report the site conditions to make sure they are not eroding and are being looted. If you pick up any artifact from TVA property, not just Native American, you are in violation and are subject to arrest. They do not play around here in North Alabama. There are serious fines, as well as long sentences, for violations. There are currently several laws dealing with looting artifacts from federal lands that many folks are not aware of.</p><p></p><p>On Seven Mile Island, I have seen tents where campers were staying that had no floors. The folks were looting the burials and using the tents to cover them. It is unreal the amount of damage folks are still doing to the areas along the TN River. I am not allowed to even pick up a point if it is exposed on the surface when I am monitoring a site assigned to me. I have dug many small holes and placed points in them and reburied them where they were laying. </p><p></p><p>I dont want anyone digging up my mother and father for possible artifacts they may have been buried with to sell. I feel the same way about my Native American heritage!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teacher, post: 5143229, member: 11300"] I was trained by TVA for a program called One Thousand Eyes. We basically monitor sites on TVA property and report the site conditions to make sure they are not eroding and are being looted. If you pick up any artifact from TVA property, not just Native American, you are in violation and are subject to arrest. They do not play around here in North Alabama. There are serious fines, as well as long sentences, for violations. There are currently several laws dealing with looting artifacts from federal lands that many folks are not aware of. On Seven Mile Island, I have seen tents where campers were staying that had no floors. The folks were looting the burials and using the tents to cover them. It is unreal the amount of damage folks are still doing to the areas along the TN River. I am not allowed to even pick up a point if it is exposed on the surface when I am monitoring a site assigned to me. I have dug many small holes and placed points in them and reburied them where they were laying. I dont want anyone digging up my mother and father for possible artifacts they may have been buried with to sell. I feel the same way about my Native American heritage! [/QUOTE]
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