Parks appeal Here is a typical appeal to DO something about what a given group sees as oppression.
This park contains the traditional burial grounds of the Piscataway tribe, which has been a sacred site to the Piscataway for many centuries. The Piscataway hold ceremonies at these sacred grounds 4 times each year, although the 'permission' from the Park Service to do so has not been easily obtained. Negotiations with the NPS over arrangements have been frequent over the past decades, as the NPS frequently imposes new restrictions over the access to the land on which the hereditary chiefs have been buried for many hundreds of years. At times, the Piscataway have had to threaten lawsuits in order to keep these ceremonial rights from being eroded further. During the 1980's, the Park Service repeatedly dismantled the sweatlodge, which the Piscataway repeatedly rebuilt.