Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place
by
Michael J. Makley
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
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 site 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...