Not everyone is opposed to the GVRD's plans for the Glen Cove area the Native Americans say is an ancient burial grounds. This group includes just some of the project's supporters.

Some Glen Cove residents say the controversy surrounding GVRD's plans for creating a park in an ancient Native American shellmound area has drawn more people to the site, creating an even greater need for the project.
Because of the increase of park visItors, "the city must provide some facilities," said Glen Cove resident Janet Roberson who, along with a dozen others, spoke to the Times-Herald at the site Wednesday.
Vallejo Inter-Tribal Council members and others outspokenly oppose Greater Vallejo Recreation District's plan for the site. GVRD General Manager Shane McAffee says that includes restoring the site to more closely resemble its original condition by razing two old buildings and planting indigenous vegetation.
It also includes a small parking lot, picnic tables and restrooms, which seem to be what draws the most ire from opponents like Vallejo's Norman "Wounded Knee" DeOcampo.
DeOcampo said the plan desecrates ancestral burial grounds and may even rise to the level of a "hate crime." The group that met Wednesday vehemently disagrees with that characterization.
"There are many, many people against this plan, who sympathize with us," DeOcampo said.
Some Glen Cove residents say they are impressed with GVRD's extensive research and sensitivity to the Native Americans. Several expressed frustration with the opposition's intransigence and see further irony in some of their behavior.
"We believe the city and GVRD have done everything by the book and have taken the Indians' concerns into account, and it's disheartening to see groups coming out here with more complaints," Glen Cove Community Association President Miguel Castillo said. "The thing is, it's drawing graffiti and vandalism. They carve graffiti into the plants. If this is a sacred place, why are they putting graffiti all over it? I don't get that."
Gen Cove resident Gabriele Woodhurst blames the controversy on a small group of malcontents who don't necessarily represent the majority of area Native Americans.
"I dn't think it's the Native Americans per se," Woodhurst said. "The 'Most Likely Descendants' (of the original local tribe) are for the plan. I think this is a reasonable plan that demonstrates more respect for the Native Americans than many other sites in the country."
The Most Likely Descendant as designated by the California Native American Heritage, based on archaeological records, is Kesner Flores of the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, which owns the Cache Creek Casino, according to GVRD research. And he approves the plan, McAffee said.
"Does he speak for all Native American people?" DeOcampo countered. "He doesn't speak for me."
A letter, dated Jan. 2007 by Kent G. Lightfoot of the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, commends the GVRD for "the strong measures that are being taken to protect and preserve this important Native American Site."
Lightfoot acknowledged the plan would likely remain controversial, and suggested the intensity might lessen if the exact boundaries of the culturally sensitive area are found.
The argument that the plan desecrates an ancient burial ground is unreasonable, Glen Cove resident Shana Jones said, adding it would likely be easier to find an area statewide where someone isn't buried.
"Most of the West Coast would be considered a burial ground because there have been indigenous and other people buried there since the beginning of time," Jones said.
The Glen Cove group says the area is unsafe with "grading issues, standing water, sewer system seepage, protruding rebar, trip-and-fall hazards, and other concerns." McAffee said the buildings present a fire hazard. DeOcampo agrees, but said Native American workers could take the buildings down more carefully than the planned bulldozers would.
McAffee said the issue is moot until a disagreement between the city and the district over who pays for permits is resolved. The project won't go forward until then, he said.