Sill plans warehouse location off sacred land

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Sill plans warehouse location off sacred land
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 14, 2008 12:07:14 EST

LAWTON, Okla. — Officials at Fort Sill plan to find a new location for a proposed warehouse that was the subject of a lawsuit by a Lawton-based Indian tribe that claimed the initial site was on sacred land.

Fort Sill’s plans were contained in a court motion filed by the U.S. government to dismiss the claim by the Comanche Nation.

In the declaration filed Oct. 30, Fort Sill Garrison Commander Col. Robert Bridgford says that on Oct. 15, he directed the Army Corps of Engineers to cancel the contract for the Training Service Center warehouse at the current site.

“Fort Sill will not now, or in the future, construct a TSC warehouse at the current site and will not revive the TSC warehouse project at a later date at that location,” Bridgford stated.

Attorneys for the Comanches still need to respond to the motion, said Bob Troester, first assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/ap_sacredground_111408/%2e