Sacred Lands: NO GO Road

Sacred Lands: NO GO Road

This document explains briefly why the U.S. Government and general public have a moral obligation to protect and preserve the religious beliefs and cultural identities of all people, no matter what their race, color, creed or national origin.

U.C. Davis Special Collections

1983

Humboldt State Special Collections

21.59cm x 27.94cm

English

4 Pages

D-334 David Risling Paper
Folder 7281 Box32

One question not addressed in the 1975 Blue Creek Environmental Impact Statement was whether the Chimney Rock section of the "NO-GO" Road should even be constructed. At that time, the Forest Service deferred any decision based on the fact that they did not have adequate information on Indian use of the area.

In May, 1981, the Secretary of the In­terior determined that several thousand acres of land (called the Helkau Historic District") in the sacred high country of Blue Creek were eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, under the National Historical Preservation Act (NHPA), because of their idea-. logical and spiritual value to the Yurok, Karok and Tolowa Indians.

In January, 1982, Alexander Aldrich, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (a Cabinet-level panel) recommended in his letter to the Honorable John Block, Secretary of Agriculture, that the "Chimney Rock section of the G-0 Road not be constructed."

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