A Canton, Ohio court has dismissed an appeal by Barbara Crandell, a Cherokee woman who has been convicted of trespassing on ancient Indian Mounds at the Moundbuilders Country Club golf course. Ms. Crandell has prayed at the site for 20 years, and argues that the land is public. The ruling by the 5th Ohio District Court of Appeals states that Ms. Crandell “has not shown that a constitutional right exists to permit exercise of her wishes to utilize private property as she chooses.” In June 2002, Crandell went to pray at the Octagon Earthworks, which was built around 250 A.D. by the Hopewell culture. The Ohio Historical Society owns the site and has leased it to the Moundbuilders Country Club, which prosecuted Crandell because members of the public are not allowed to walk on the site when golfers are playing.