Utah legislature to pave over dead indians. Descendants angry.

Whiteman 1, Indians 0.

The FrontRunner commuter rail in Draper would plow through "one of the top 10 archaeological treasures ever found in Utah." A site "a half-mile west of the IKEA"

From KSL:

"Thirty thousand artifacts have been uncovered so far, including arrowheads and grinding stones.

"The site dates to over 3,000 years ago, and it's just probably one of the last sites of its type left anywhere along the Wasatch Front," said Assistant State Archaeologist Ron Rood.

In 2000, lawmakers voted to protect the land permanently. But in the fall of 2008, then-House Speaker Greg Curtis intervened with the state in his capacity as a lawyer[grr] representing a property owner looking to swap for the land.

"We're just not making 3,000-year-old sites anymore. It's a finite resource," Rood said.

All this fuss for a little rock? I can get you ten of those for a dollar.

Seddon told us, "Under the current plan, by my understanding, some or all of the site could be destroyed."

Late this afternoon, the bill approving a land swap which would pave the way for the development sailed through the legislature.

Democratic Senator Luz Robles[There's another Democrat in Utah besides me?] read a statement from the Goshute tribe condemning the land trade.

Despite that, the Senate passed the bill 22-5. Now, the legislation goes on to the governor."

No ghosts have been reported.

Reminds me of that time George W. Bush's grandfather stole Geronimo's bones to use as a cool icon for his secret society.

So no dead bodies were mentioned, and the stuff they've dug up is 3,000 years old. But I like my title.