" The native peoples had many settlements on floodplains some permanent ... but the site was the only thing permanent habitation was seasonal and floods were accepted as part of the natural cycle bringing topsoil to low lying plots of land where berries and other foods were grown and tended. we have tried in vain to change that natural cycle and continue to spend hundreds of millions on a fruitless effort. The sad part is the belief that all should pay for the few that choose to live in a known flood zone decade after decade. "

" Maybe they found the world's oldest "homeless camp"? "

" Napadad: I hear you load and clear. The white man (I am one) has always had this notion that we are so superior that we can control nature itself. The nature gets a belly full and slaps us around. Our response, whine and cry about how terrible it is that nature has once again dealt us a blow. We spend billions on project that we think will halt the inevitable, only to find that nature is indeed bigger and smarter than we are. Can you say New Orleans? The levy systems there were built to hold back the mighty Mississippi and category three hurricanes. That worked fine until Mother Nature decided to through a cat-5 storm at us. We could indeed learn a great deal from the Native Americans about how to live with nature rather than continuously trying to control it. Now that the site has been unearthed, will we preserve it or wipe it out to serve our short sighted purposes? As for the idea that this sight was suddenly discovered, anyone who knows the real history of the Napa Valley knows those settlements were all up and down the valley. As kids, we would routinely find arrow heads and other artifacts in fields and back yards. The “inconvenient Truth” is that (as the article eludes to) the native tribes were systematically removed and frequently killed while meditating in their sweat lodges (the ancient equivalent to a sauna). "

" Another thought on all of this. The archeologists say these settlements date back more than 500 years. Correct me if I am wrong, but there was not a whole lot of development along the lower Napa River 500 years ago. I’m going out on a limb here, but I don’t think the City of Napa even existed 500 years ago. Yet there are signs of “pretty tremendous flooding” all the way back then. Those tribes inhabited the Napa Valley for upwards of 3000 years. And the geniuses with the flood control project really think what they are doing today is going to alter a 3000 year cyclical pattern? RIGHT! "

" Hey it must really blow to have your land taken away by big brother. Now artifacts! Are they going to rope this off now and make a monument! Really what a find ohhhh! Listen we killed them off and now it's a burial ground. What do europeans do living on top of the remains of billions of souls. Get over it there is no histroy here. "