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"Sacred sites lack specific and enforceable protections”: Indigenous people face legal barriers that hinder the protection of sacred sites
Such important reporting by @DebKrol. Essential reading. Photos by @photoevans
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
"Sacred sites lack specific and enforceable protections”: Indigenous people face legal barriers that hinder the protection of sacred sites
Such important reporting by @DebKrol. Essential reading. Photos by @photoevans
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
Across the Southwest, Native peoples continue to fight legal barriers and bureaucratic obstacles. “Their long-held spiritual ties to the land have been broken by laws, redrawn boundaries and the regulations that open public lands to profitable uses.” azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
"The callous destruction of Indigenous sacred sites is not just a troubling relic of the past." As recently as 2020, the federal government blew up Apache burial sites to clear the land for the border wall.
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… @Debkrol
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… @Debkrol
In 2018, a federal court ruled that a Native burial ground and stone altar still used for religious ceremonies could be bulldozed "merely to expand a road." azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
"We call them the sleeping giants": Near the Colorado River, tribes faces challenges in protecting these ancient geoglyphs.
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… @Debkrol @photoevans
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… @Debkrol @photoevans
"Oak Flat is sacred." A place of prayer faces obliteration by a copper mine. The company plans to use a new method called block cave mining, which would leave a giant sinkhole. azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… By @Debkrol Photos by @photoevans
A new freeway left cultural sites in ruins:
"The demolition of 33 acres of desert peak represented the loss of an old connection, a desecration of a place that O'odham and Pee Posh peoples called sacred." Native people fought their cause in court but lost. azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
"The demolition of 33 acres of desert peak represented the loss of an old connection, a desecration of a place that O'odham and Pee Posh peoples called sacred." Native people fought their cause in court but lost. azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
'A spiritual relationship': At the San Francisco Peaks, tribes have fought for decades to prevent desecration of the forests, springs, meadows and summits azcentral.com/in-depth/news/… @Debkrol @photoevans
It's shown on maps as Mt. Graham. But the Apache know it as Dził Nchaa Si An (Big Seated Mountain). They say this sacred place was stolen, then defiled with the building of an observatory. Now they must obtain a permit to hold ceremonies in the forest. azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
Indigenous people find legal, cultural barriers to protect sacred spaces off tribal lands
Read this superb series by @Debkrol, starting here:
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
Read this superb series by @Debkrol, starting here:
azcentral.com/in-depth/news/…
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