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Show Mountai ; eb UN eye YER OL ER BY MUR rie GT iy iteporter & Sentinel, August 10, 1990 7 Idaho News. Tribes j join to shield their heritage Fort Hall, Idaho (AP) — NAACP ae Members. ‘‘Theoretically the whole Boise of eastern Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock valley was heavily used by the InTribes. are joining Indians from dians,’’ said chief planner Sheldon D. nevada and Oregon this weekend, in Gerber. ceremonies honoring their ancestors ‘‘Nobody is disputing that Indians buried in an area of Boise, where: _ used the Boise valley, but whether this The Voice of Black America ' developers have proposed a property had any great significance Knight-Ridder Newspapers This has been an unusually in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, & Colorado multimillion-dollar housing subthan any other property remains to be acrimonious year in movies, but at division. seen.”’ least most of the argument has raged | Mary Washakie of the Fort Hall State archaeologist Tom Green is $1 Qoo for + months or $1 §00 per year over what’s IN films, in particular Business Council said dozens of Inconvinced the area contains Indian ‘‘The Cook, the Chief, His Wife, and [Have a Minority Reporter Mail-Delivered to You Today! dians will participate in the ceremony graves but more work needs to be Her Lover,”’ ~ Henry: Portrait of a on the site the tribes originally ie in order to locate the exact sites. Serial Killer,’’ and ‘‘Tie Me Up! Tie inhabited. tt is the an of area where Indians Name Me Down!”’ Now there’s an uproar ‘There’s a lot of history there in bury their.dead. I’m convinced that Over what a movie’s called. Address Boise. It wasn’t our choice to move,”’ graves came off that property,’’ he — The NAACP has asked that the tisaid Washakie. ‘‘What we want to do said. ‘There are definitely some tle of ““How to Make Love to a Negro City _ State ZIP is pay respect to the people who are graves on that hillside. The question ‘Without Getting Tired’’ be changed. buried there.’ _Telephone _is where they are and if we can find In a letter to Joseph Saleh, president them. But that’s what needs to be of the film’s distributor, Angelika But she said tribal members are also done.”’ Mail your check or money order today to: Films, NAACP president Hazel protesting the proposed development in the foothills of east Boise, near the Mountain West Minority Reporter & Sentinel Gerber said the situation puts city Dukes said, ‘“The title perpetuates the stereotype of African descent being Indian burial sites. The Boise City and planners “‘between a rock and a hard P. 0. Box 26192, Salt Lake City, Utah 84126 consumed by passion.”’ Planning Zoning Commission granted place.”’ ‘*How to Make Love’’ was written _ the Morningside Heights Partnership Circulation Department ‘*The land is private property, zon- by Dany LeFerriere and deals with the a conditional use permit to build a Phone: (801) 967-0082 _ ed for development,’’ he said. ‘‘If the racism endured by a black immigrant 177-unit-subdivision on the land. city were to deny the development on © living in: Montreal. Saleh noted that Keep the dream for freedom and justice alive by The week before that, the Fort Hall the basis of it being a burial ground the title is meant to be tongue-in-cheek then basically the city could be sued and that the Haitian writer intended his Business Council passed a resolution subscribing to the Mountain West Minority Reporter & Sentinel for hundreds of thousands of dollars. screenplay —based on his novel of the opposing the development. Keeping hope alive fulfilling the dream Thousands and thousands of proper- same title— to attack racial “It is prime property for developties would be in the same situation. ’’ stereotyping. ment. You can see why they want it,”’ She said. ‘“That’s always been a motivator in taking: land away from Indians — money.’ that title of film be changed} The Mountain West Minority Reporter & Sentinel But the Boise’s Planning and Zoning Department said there is not enough evidence to prove the area, located near the old state penitentiary and zoned for private development, , “Uh Mallt a unique! Billidi "ground!" Wimbledon runner-up Garrison endorsement winner by Doug Smith’ Wimbledon, England — Within hours of being a Wimbledon finalist, Zina. Garrison finally landed the lucrative endorsement contracts that had eluded her during her eight-year career. ; No. 5 seed ding champion 6-4 Thursday. afterward, she : Garrison upset defenSteffi Graf 6-3, 3-6, Less than 14 hours agreed to five contract - deals worth more than $1 million. 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