Re: South Dakota fossil bill passed 35-0

TurtleHawk (turtlehawk@aol.com)
6 Mar 1996 15:50:47 -0500

The thing that really bothers me about the struggle over the t-rex bones
is that the feds made a point of saying the land it was taken from was
federal property, therefore the bones were public property. If reservations
are considered federal property, then more than fossils are at stake.

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Comments from NativeNet listowner, Gary Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us):

I hesitated before approving this comment, since my policy is not to permit
opinionated exchanges on this list (that's what the NATCHAT list is for).
However, the point made here is an interesting one, which others may want
to consider. If anyone wants to discuss the matter, please do so via the
NATCHAT list. Thanks. (BTW, the author of this note is not a subscriber
to NATIVE-L, but rather responded to a copy of the "South Dakota fossil bill"
article relayed to Usenet.)