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Oxford, Alabama (AP)
City officials have ignored another protest over the city’s decision to destroy a stone mound on a hill behind the Oxford Exchange created by American Indians 1,500 years ago.
Tony Castaneda, of Anniston, and Sharon Jackson, of Fruithurst, who claim to be Indian elders, presented Mayor Leon Smith with a petition July 6 containing more than 600 signatures of people opposed to the site’s destruction. The Anniston Star reported July 7, Smith became agitated when the two arrived at City Hall, took the petition and went back inside.
City officials have ignored another protest over the city’s decision to destroy a stone mound on a hill behind the Oxford Exchange created by American Indians 1,500 years ago.
Tony Castaneda, of Anniston, and Sharon Jackson, of Fruithurst, who claim to be Indian elders, presented Mayor Leon Smith with a petition July 6 containing more than 600 signatures of people opposed to the site’s destruction. The Anniston Star reported July 7, Smith became agitated when the two arrived at City Hall, took the petition and went back inside.
