This site should be studied, but old sites shouldn't be allowed to stand in the way of a needed transport hub, if it is the most convenient location.

We need to encourage public transportation, it saves oil, air pollution and saves families money.

We can't do a good job of encouraging it if we don't choose sites which are not convenient.

Um. Native American groups typically despise archaeology. If it really is one of their sacred lands, they would prefer that you do absolutely nothing with the land. I doubt either solution will make anyone happy.

Public domain uber alles. The Supreme Court has ruled.

My problem is that UTA shows little respect for ANY American. The outrageous fares work against the needs, desires and general welfare of the general public. Lower fares could help solve the energy problems and promote the revitalization of cities and towns rather than the uncontrolled sprawl that requires an automobile economy.

I am opposed to all the reverence given to dead people who lived a very long time ago and who are now just part of the dust of the earth.

I think that cemeteries are a terrible waste of space.

If there is something to be learned from the long dead, great, but I wish we could learn from the past 100 years in America to see if we can find solutions to the problems we face today.

WHy would the government treat Indians any different than they ever have? The US government committed genocide on a mass scale, moved them to sub par land, and still to this day really doesn't care.
News flash "past is past, we live in present" your race will take more than a few generations to recover from being massacred down to a quarter million people.

Government typically rides roughshod over almost everyone's rights.

I have occasionally voiced or written my concerns over numerous subjects to State government departments and have never had even the courtesty of a reply. Government is for the government and its favored friends and groups not for, by, or of, the people.

Please, this is Utah. Utah's idea of protecting Native American sites is to encase it with an asphault cap. Don't hold your breath on it being protected in Utah, it will make you blue.

I share Mr. Florez' concern that government processes have not been as inclusive as they should have been in this instance. I hope that UTA will not make the same mistake.

I also share his view that the site in question should be respected and protected. I am very skeptical about that happening because financial interests frequently override moral interests. Throughout recorded history this has been proven true more times than not.

Being "close to Bangerter" is not a fully defensible
reason to locate a rail station. Anyone on Bangerter is already in their vehicle, and driving a little further is not a huge inconvenience. It's not like Bangerter is a pedestrian trail or even a bicycle path.

The real motivation for this may be for development interests, where the real money is.

Nevertheless, the main reason to not build over this significant historic and cultural site is simply common decency and respect for our native American neighbors. I hope UTA will acknowledge that potential "transit oriented development" may not be the wisest choice.

I agree with wallofvoodoo. Nothing stands in the way of development in this state. Makes one almost hope that whole "Poltergeist" thing will go down at the transit hub.

Incidentally wallofvoodoo, will we be seeing you @ the show in Springdale on 4/18?

Everyone knows no one lived in the Salt Lake Valley before 1847. Didn't you take Utah history in 7th grade?

Interesting attempt to create an issue. The author writes and references the political correct concempt "Their silence and respect for the earth and others should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness or not caring, rather as one of pride and struggle to maintain their culture, values and beliefs." Native americans repect for others did not exist historically. They warred on each other for the same reasons the emigrating whites did. The site referenced is believed to be 3,000 years old. Which group killed them off along with the fremont and the anazasi. Repect the site for it's historical importance but don't try to sell it as a sacred site, not used in the last three hundred years.

What if it was a historical mormon site? What if we wanted to put a mcdonalds in the middle of temple square? Public Outrage! Two faced spirituality