Cave Rock Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place

Name: Cave Rock Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place
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ISBN: 9780874178272

ISBN-10: 0874178274

ISBN-13: 9780874178272

Edition: 2010

Authors: Matthew S. Makley, Michael J. Makley

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On August 27, 2007, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier district court ruling that sport climbing on a Washoe Indian sacred place in western Nevada must cease. Cave Rock, a towering monolith jutting over the shore of Lake Tahoe, has been sacred to the Washoe people for over five thousand years. Long abused by road builders and vandals, it earned new fame in the late twentieth century as a world-class sport rock-climbing site. Over twenty years of bitter disputes and confrontation between the Washoe and the climbers ensued. The Washoe are a small community of fewer than 2,000 members; the climbers were backed by a national advocacy and lobbying group and over a…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication date: 9/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440