2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:30 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] TRIBES: Fort Sill (OK) construction enjoined
 
Court stops Sill expansion disputed by tribe

The Associated Press
Army Times
August 21, 2008

LAWTON, Okla. - A federal court order has stopped work on an expansion project at Fort Sill that the Comanche Nation claims would be built on sacred ground.

U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti granted the temporary restraining order Monday that stops construction of a warehouse intended to be the new home of the post’s Training Service Center.

Col. Robert Bridgford, the Fort Sill garrison commander, held a news conference Aug. 14 claiming that the warehouse was about one-third of a mile from the Medicine Bluff National Historic Feature and that discussions with the tribe were ongoing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_sill_injunction_082108/

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