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9/30 R25 Gloria Chonka 185838 The Timbisha Shoshone -- Death Valley Land Restoration Project P O Box 206 Death Valley, CA 92328-0206 Ph. (619) 786-2374 Fax (619) 786-2375 September 8, 1996 IN William J. Clinton [Via Federal Express & Facsimile] President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Re: Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of Death Valley Notice of Protest and Objections to the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management Violations of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994, Other Federal Laws, Regulations, Orders and Policies, and Related Governmental Misconduct Dear President Clinton: During your first term as President, you embraced policies that provided great hope in Indian Country. First, you made a commitment to fairness in government-to- government relations, protection of cultural resources and environmental justice for Native Americans. Second, you held out protection of the environment as a key part of your commitment to the American people. This environment is our home, a home we have respected and honored for thousands of years. The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe embraced and welcomed your commitments. One of the most significant environmental accomplishments of you first term was passage of the California Desert Protection Act. This legislation has become a travesty of justice for Native Americans and the environment. The California Desert Protection Act represents the largest ever expansion of the National Park system. The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe worked with you to enact this legislation. The Tribe was led to believe that your commitment to cultural resource protection and environmental justice for Native people, your commitment to environmental stewardship by this Nations's first people, and your desire to build Richard F. Boland Chief Spokesperson sustainable communities would finally allow the historic federally recognized Timbisha Shoshone Indian Tribe to settle the Tribe's longstanding claim to the Timbisha people's Pauline Esteves Grace Goad ancestral homelands with the United States government. Your agencies have proven our Leroy Jackson belief to be wrong. Barbara A. Durham Gayle Hanson Frederick I. Marr Counsel OCT 1996 A Tribally Chartered Non-Profit Organization