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OCR Page 1 of 169/30 R25 Gloria Chonka
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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
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Grace Goad
ancestral homelands with the United States government. Your agencies have proven our
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belief to be wrong.
Barbara A. Durham
Gayle Hanson
Frederick I. Marr
Counsel
OCT
1996
A Tribally Chartered Non-Profit Organization