BIA bridge project delayed by archaeological dig
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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The
Bureau of Indian Affairs might finally begin construction on a bridge replacement in Oklahoma next year, more than five years after the project started.
The BIA and the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation have spent $200,000 on an archaeological dig at the site of the 80-year-old bridge. Some stone tools, estimated to be between 2,000 to 8,000 years old, were uncovered.
"I have some Indian heritage myself. But you and I would not spend a quarter of a million dollars digging up those rocks," Delaware County Commissioner Dave Kendrick told The Tulsa World.
The bridge is located in the
Cherokee Nation. The original cost of the project was $750,000 but is likely to increase.
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Science dig finally begins
(The Tulsa Wrold 12/3)
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