Desecration of graves in Tyrone

I saw something yesterday, I hope I never see again. Over off Trickum creek is a new subdivision. I was back there a year or so looking at the lots. They are next to the Wieland subdivison over in back of Publics. I saw graves, with toombstones STANDING UP... It was summer so the undergrowth was heavey, but the gravesstones stood out very visibly. It was the last thing I expected to see. Yesterday, I heard the graves had been disturbed. I was not prepaired for what I saw. The upstanding headstones were all gone and a couple of graves I hadn't noticed before because they were covered only with a flat laying piece of concrete were knocked open. The top was off and I couldn't see the body, maybe it had been removed. I couldn't make out the name of the headstone but the date of death was 1860.
http://www.arrowheads.com/burials.htm#GEORGIA
plainly states in the case of Indian unmarked graves what MUST be done...do we not owe our own the same respect? What I saw was an outrage and there is no one in the world that can say it was an accident!

Georgia’s Protection of American Indian Human Remains and Burial Objects protects unmarked human burials. If human remains are encountered accidentally, the action ceases and the appropriate law enforcement agency is notified. The law enforcement agent takes responsibility for alerting the coroner, who in turn, determines if the remains are forensic in nature. If the remains are not forensic, then the coroner or medical examiner notifies the local governing authority and the Division of Natural Resources, the latter has responsibility for contacting the Council of American Indian Concerns. The Division of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Council, decides if the remains should be excavated, and if so, obtains written permission if the remains are on private lands. It is unlawful for any person not operating under the provisions of §106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to willingly or knowingly disturb any archaeological, aboriginal, prehistoric or historic site. It is also unlawful to buy, sell, trade, import, or export American Indian burial, sacred, or cultural objects. Any person who has knowledge of, or has reason to believe that interred human remains have been disturbed, destroyed, defaced, removed, or altered without a permit must immediately notify the local law enforcement agency

Law and Graves

Submitted by zoes on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 12:11pm.

"Any person who has knowledge of, or has reason to believe that interred human remains have been disturbed, destroyed, defaced, removed, or altered without a permit must immediately notify the local law enforcement agency"

Did you notify them? I certainly hope so, and if you didn't, please do!

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laws and graves

Submitted by too bad on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 4:41pm.

It came up at the last Tyrone meeting..that is how I heard of what had happened to them. Someone had seen it and notified everyone, but, the graves are still a mess and they are someone's loved ones. Whoever dozzed those grave knew it was wrong and did it anyway.

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