http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/242052.htmlSonora filmmaker gets probation for taping American Indian dances
last updated: March 17, 2008 10:49:41 AM
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. —
A federal judge has sentenced a Sonora filmmaker to nearly 200 hours of community service and a year of unsupervised probation for improperly shooting American Indian ceremonial dances in Yosemite National Park.
Sixty-year-old Lorenzo Baca said he wanted to take footage of the June 2002 dances in the park's Indian Village for a 30-minute movie intended for home or educational use.
But three years later, a park service worker spotted his video on sale in one of the park's gift shops.
Baca was found guilty of trespassing on a cultural resource and doing business in the park without a permit.