Evaluation of Cultural Anthropological Component of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service

Evaluation of Cultural Anthropological Component of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service

This letter is wrote by Humboldt State Professor Bobby Lake to U.S. Forest Service, Congressional representatives, and to Native American organizations. The bases of the letter is to address the evaluation of the Environmental Draft Statement's Cultural Anthropological component.
The road through the Chimney Rock section "The objective of the proposed project is to complete the National Forest transportation system for all the Six Rivers National Forest lands north of highway 96."
"To environmentalists, the proposed road poses a critical threat to rare and endangered plants, tree, bird, and animal species. The Native Americans population considers the road sacrilege and a serious threat to their traditional belief system and religious practices."

Humboldt State Special Colletions

03/03/1978

21.59cm x 27.94cm

English

19 Pages

Jack Norton Papers

From the "traditional Indian" perspective, the Sacred High Country is the Center of the Universe. The traditional Indian ascends the sacred mountains in search of truth, knowledge, and spirit. The traditional Indian knows that the "real" answers in life do not come from books but from nature itself. The traditional Indian has always tried to maintain cosmological lifestyles predicated on a true spiritual basis. The roots of his religion are in the earth, and the power and essence of his religion is the Center of the Universe. For the local Native Americans this center is within the Sacred High Country. Both shamanism and sacred dances depend upon the High Country for continuation."
"The traditional Indian belief systems is not much different than the "traditional beliefs" of the American religious system if one would only take the time to examine the true basis of such beliefs."

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