STILLWATER AND AUSTIN, Nevada -- The descendants of Wovoka welcomed the Longest Walk Northern Route to the Stillwater-Fallon Paiute and Shoshone lands, sending a strong message to Washington for the return of their ancestors.
Dell Steve, Paiute elder, said one of the oldest remains in North America, Spirit Cave Man, was found here and it is time for the Paiute's ancestor to have a proper reburial. The remains are 9,000 to 10,000 years old and the matter is now in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Longest Walk's northern and southern routes are walking across the continent and gathering the messages of Indigenous Peoples to deliver to U.S. officials in Washington, arriving there on July 11.
In Shoshone territory, spiritual person Johnnie Bobb and Yomba Shoshone welcomed walkers and runners with a drum song, elk stew and fry bread and supplies.
The Longest Walk Northern Route continues east on Hwy 50, to Eureka, Nevada on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. For photos, audio downloads and more:
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
http://www.earthcycles.net/
http://www.longestwalk.org/
On the northern route, Brenda Norrell
Contact:
brendanorrell@gmail.com
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