[WestMALocals] Fw: [Locals] Fw: [act-ma] 5/12 Wissatinnewag needs you! (Tues 7pm)

[Owen Broadhurst]

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> From: "Tribal Scribal" <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>
> To: <act-ma at igc.topica.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:56 PM
> Subject: [act-ma] 5/12 Wissatinnewag needs you! (Tues 7pm)
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> > >Subject: Wissatinnewag needs you!  Tues, May 10, 7pm
> > >Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:00:19 -0400 (EDT)
> > >
> > >Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >We need your support in the form of your presense at a town meeting to be
> > >held on Tuesday, May 10th, at 7pm at the the Greenfield Police Station.
> > >
> > >Now that spring is here, the fate of the 10 acre section of the historic
> > >White Ash Swamp (where sworn eyewitness accounts say Native American
> > >remains removed from Wissatinnewag during sand excavation were dumped and
> > >bulldozed) is again at issue.  It has recently been announced that a
> > >purchase and sale agreement that includes both the 10 acres and the
> > >adjacent 17 acre parcel on French King Highway has been signed with a
> > >major developer. Our struggle to keep the 10 acres from being turned into
> > >a parking lot must continue--this is our solemn responsibility to our
> > >ancestors to ensure their remains suffer no further desecration.
> > >
> > >The Friends of Wissatinnewag need your supportive attendance at the
> > >upcoming May 10th Town Meeting on the status of the wetlands that
> encircle
> > >the area where the Native American remains were dumped. As you may know,
> > >the Town paid for a wetland delineation study last fall which concluded
> > >that 80% of the 10 acres were wetland -  this wetland area surrounds the
> > >filled center area where the human remains were dumped, along with rocks,
> > >stumps, and other debris, in an attempt to fill in the swamp. However,
> the
> > >town has never officially accepted the conclusion reached by the wetland
> > >delineation report.  This upcoming town meeting is part of the process
> > >required for official recognition that the 10 acres contains wetlands
> that
> > >should be preserved, not destroyed. We need your support to show the
> > >Conservation Commission that concerned people are watching the process
> and
> > >want elected officials to make good on their promises that the wetland
> > >area will not be destroyed!
> > >
> > >Please mark your calendars for the date:  Tuesday, May 10th, 7pm, at the
> > >Greenfield Police station. For more info, call us at 413-772-3743.
> > >
> > >Oliwini!
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