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Offline educatedindian

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Guilty of Trespassing on a Cultural Resource
« on: March 19, 2008, 12:13:30 pm »
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/242052.html
Sonora 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.

Offline NanticokePiney

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Re: Guilty of Trespassing on a Cultural Resource
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2008, 04:12:39 am »
trespassing on a cultural resource


  .....oh the dream of a Federal Law similar to  the arts and crafts act.
     
        "American Indian Spirituality Protection Act"

..................a man can dream. Can't He????


Offline PaxMan

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Re: Guilty of Trespassing on a Cultural Resource
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 12:59:51 pm »
About time! False sense of entitlement has kidnapped more than images of Native culture and religion! Thanks for posting this. "There's light at the end of the tunnel = lordy, I hope it ain't no train!"