There is a petition being circulated that has gotten a lot of signatures, started by an archaeologist: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-spike-tv-from-looting-our-collective-past



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From: Misty Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 8:30 pm
Subject: Re: Alert - American Diggers show going ahead


I received an email today through the Conference on Michigan Archaeology on this 
ssue, which was informed through our State Archaeologist, who in turn was 
nformed via NASA (National Association of State Archaeologists). According to 
ur State Archaeologist, the major archaeological organizations in the U.S. have 
een made aware of this, and responses are being prepared. So some sort of broad 
ange resistance is in the works.
Misty
Misty Jackson, Ph.D., RPA
rbre Croche Cultural Resources
14 South Main Street
eslie, Michigan 49251
17-589-2467
17-525-3060
n Feb 24, 2012, at 1:25 PM, William T Langhorne wrote:
> Does anyone know if the SAA and relevant Native American groups are aware
 of this?  I would hope that some sort of broad range resistence would put a
 stop to this.
 
 Tom
 
 On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Melissa Diamanti <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
 
> There was recently a discussion of how to stop a proposed TV show about
> treasure hunters digging up people's back yards and selling the artifacts.
> Unfortunately, I just learned the show has been picked up by SPIKE TV.
> This should not be surprising, since the star is a retired pro wrestler -
> just their type of audience.
> So please go to their web page and add your negative feedback to the
> comments.  Maybe there is a faint hope that Spike will get the message and
> drop the show.
> http://aroundthenetworks.com/spike-tv-announces-unscripted-show-american-digger/#comment-19401
> 
> Meli
> 
 
 
 
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