2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:54:23 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Valmont Butte (CO) project dropped
 
A Colorado sacred site remains in limbo

By Caroy Berry
Indian Country Today
February 3, 2009

BOULDER, Colo. - Valmont Butte, a site considered sacred by at least two Great Plains tribes, won't be placed on the market by the city and recent negotiations with the nonprofit Trust for Public Lands have ended, leaving the landmark's fate uncertain.

"We have no idea what they're going to do with the butte," said Lori Windle, co-chair of the Valmont Butte Heritage Alliance, who said the City of Boulder apparently wants to avoid the costs associated with preparing the site for sale. "The Heritage Alliance's mission is to try to preserve and protect this area - to keep reminding the city of the sacredness of the place."

A city memorandum issued Jan. 9 recommends against any decision about the property's future until environmental cleanup issues are more fully resolved.

Valmont Butte, isolated on the plains east of Boulder, was a place of importance to Cheyenne and Arapaho people, as well as to other tribes who lived or traveled in the area. In intervening years it has sustained industrial pollution including radioactive contamination.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/midwest/38866662.html

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Lenny Siegel
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