[dirtboy]

The alleged graves are over 200 years old.

[Sacajaweau]

Not terribly unusual. It was a time period when they were trying to figure out what to do with these little abandoned cemeteries. Our state came up with solutions in 1826 and 1828.

[z3n]

The alleged graves are over 200 years old.

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Which means the only ‘need’ for access is ancestral or historical interest. It’s not like we are talking about the comfort of recently bereaved.

I think the land owner should be given the benefit of options or choices, unless that person purchased the property or came into its ownership with knowledge of the burial site. At the communities expense, the owner should be offered money for the land, or compensated with additional land in another (hopefully adjoining) location, or of they would be willing to be compensated for permitted public access at specified times, to be marked on the property’s access point.

[robroys woman]

The alleged graves are over 200 years old.

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That’s the elephant in the room. It’s historical. It’s not like he’s going to visit his dead mother. He never knew any of these people and just wants to preserve his family’s heritage/power at the expense of the current landowner.

They’re dead. They’re gone. If he wants to “see” them he can get a witch doctor to bring ‘em back.