now, a native american tribe is accusing caltrans of gross negligence for handeling of indian sites crews, in a story only on abc7 news, hundreds of ancient artifacts are being unearthed as the constructionu continues. >> how many lives of indian people do they have to take? >> this is one valley where caltrans is building a freeway bypass >> you dig, you're destroying our culture. >>çó this group says caltrans failed to protect their heritage. tribes say seven villages once dotted this area. now, being torn by construction along the six-mile route. some consider this the bestç i the world. then, in mid 1800s settlers changed everything. >> they took our land and killed our people. >> the ground is full of things they left behind. 5,000 years of history. now, artifacts are turning up around the construction site. >> they find stuff daily. >> he says caltrans now found close to 30 potentially important sites. >> we saw some of them, all kinds of artifacts. >> local tribes say caltrans is playing catch up with history. because they did not do an adequate job finding or protecting the site