WAL-MART PLANS TO BUILD ON ANCIENT MOHICAN SITE
 
Walmart wants to build a store on an undisturbed Mohican site called Leeds
Flat dating back over 1,000 years in the Town of Leeds in New York State.  They
do not want to permit a thorough archaelogical dig, which would give the
Mohicans invaluable information on their history and culture, much of which
has been lost since the coming of the Europeans.  The remains of a child
have also been found at the site.  Wal-Mart advertises itself as being
family-oriented, yet they want to stop Native Americans, who are typically
very family-oriented, from learning more about their families.  After tribal
members visited the site and staged a protest rally garnering much press
coverage December 1995, the Mohican tribe agreed to join the Greene County
group It's Not Easy Being Greene in a lawsuit against the Town of Leeds,
claiming it illegally approved the environmental impact statement when it
was not complete and rezoning the historic area.  It is well-known that
Leeds Flats was the site of a Mohican village and also a flood plain.  No
plans were submitted for dealing with the flood plain.  It flooded to 3
feet one time this winter.  This historical, sacred site must be preserved.
They must stop taking from Native Americans.  Please join me in sending
e-mail protests to the Letters to the President at [log in to unmask] or
write letters to the people listed below.  They only have an option to buy
the property.  If we apply pressure, maybe they will pull out.
 
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Key People at Wal-Mart
 
S. Robson Walton, Chairman
Donald G. Soderquist, VC and COO
David D. Blass, President and CEO
William R. Fields, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Division
Joseph S. Hardin, EVP, COO, Wal-Mart Stores Division
John B. Menzer, EVP and CFO
Nicholas J. White, EVP Supercenter Division
 
Headquarters Address:  Bentonville, AR  72716
Phone:  501-273-4000
Fax:  501-273-8650
 
 
Debra Winchell, Melrose, NY, [log in to unmask]
 
This is solely my opinion, but I hope not for long.