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USDA Wants to Expand Protection for American Indians’ ‘Sacred Places’ on Public Lands
CNS News ^ | 12/10/2012 | Susan Jones

Posted on 12/10/2012 5:30:09 AM PST by IbJensen

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To: IbJensen

Partial list of some of the “sacred sites” listed for protection. Many are on private land.

The Glen Cove Shellmound site in Vallejo, California, known to the Ohlone Peoples as Sogorea Te;

Black Mesa, sacred homelands of the Dine’ (Navajo) and Hopi Peoples;

The Mound temples and historic villages of the Muscogee in Mississippi;

The Traditional Ceremonial lands of the Karuk in northern California;

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, known to the Gwich’in as “the sacred place where life begins”;

Red Butte, a sacred place to the Havasupai, threatened by uranium mining;

Eagle Rock, a spiritual site threatened by a nickel and copper sulfide mine;

The Sacred Headwaters of northern British Colombia, threatened by coalbed methane gas developments

Teztan Biny, also in British Colombia, which may be soon turned into a mine waste dump site.

Tsankui Theda, a sacred site to the Denesoline of Lutsel K’e/Kache Dene First Nation, and many other tribes, threatened by a proposed Hydro Expansion project;

The San Francisco Peaks, held sacred by over 13 Indigenous Nations;

The sacred Cherokee site of Kituwah, threatened by a new electrical station;

The Shoshone Spiritual site of Mount Tenabo, threatened by an open pit gold mine;

Mount Graham and Apache Leap, sacred to the San Carlos Apache;

Several Sacred sites and burial grounds within the Porcupine Provincial Forest in Saskatchewan;

Several Haudenosuanee burial mounds in Toronto’s High Park, threatened by development and recreational activities;

The Sutter Buttes of Northern California, sacred to the Maidu and Wintun;

The McCloud River Watershed, sacred to the Winnemem Wintu;
Ancient Haudenosuanee Burial Mounds in Toronto’s High Park, threatened by development and recreational activities

The sacred sites of the O’odham, threatened by a new freeway project.


21 posted on 12/10/2012 6:20:36 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

I poop on their “sacred” land. All this is is another reason to limit public access and use of “public” land.


22 posted on 12/10/2012 6:25:08 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: IbJensen
Any bets on whether someone wanting to drill an oil or gas well on private land will suddenly have the medicine man show up demanding some cash for drilling on their sacred land?

And don't forget this little bit of news: Moonbound Ashes Offend Tribes.(New Mexico & Metro)

Yes, the entire freaking moon was declared a sacred place for the Indians.

23 posted on 12/10/2012 6:32:50 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Big Bird is a brood parasite: laid in our nest 43 years ago and we are still feeding him.)
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To: IbJensen
Specifically, we heard numerous concerns with the Forest Service’s decision to allow the use of reclaimed wastewater for creating artificial snow at the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Area in the San Francisco Peaks from many who strongly urged the agency to reverse this decision

"Reclaimed wastewater"?

How "reclaimed" is it?

Has it been treated, or are they going to spray "snow" on the hills which will make the grass grow greener than ever in the spring?

(Don't ski on yellow snow!)

24 posted on 12/10/2012 7:17:36 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Keith Brown
Dont forget slavery, gang rape, attempted genocides, and racism....

Who's sins are you referring to?

Reality: Every race has been guilty, none is without sin. Just some quit sooner than others, and then not all quit.

25 posted on 12/10/2012 7:20:52 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: KarlInOhio
Any bets on whether someone wanting to drill an oil or gas well on private land will suddenly have the medicine man show up demanding some cash for drilling on their sacred land?

Archoeological surveys are mandatory for any proposed drill site and access road right of way on BLM land, and have been that way for years.

I have no problem with American Indians having sacred sites, nor with them having them on Public Land, but I am seeing a pattern in a list posted above. The war on extracting our own resources continues.

American Indians would be wise to remember that what the Government has taken, it will take again if it wants to. Beware of the Great Mulatto Father: he speaks with forked teleprompter.

26 posted on 12/10/2012 7:26:35 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: hal ogen

If it is Federal Land, access is already limited, and use of resources severely controlled or barred. Poop in your own yard, if you can’t use a toilet.


27 posted on 12/10/2012 7:28:46 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: IbJensen

How about protecting Christian “sacred places”!


28 posted on 12/10/2012 8:30:24 AM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: artichokegrower

So, the “Sacred Indian Burial Grounds” schtik has run it’s course, now it is the “Sacred Places” schtik.


29 posted on 12/10/2012 8:58:46 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The parasites now outnumber the producers.)
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To: upcountryhorseman

Like Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land.


30 posted on 12/10/2012 1:29:29 PM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: GladesGuru
Native Americans, AKA “Savages” were known to run entire herds of buffalo over cliffs.

I was wrong. I thought Bronco Bama was a Kenyan.

31 posted on 12/10/2012 1:32:15 PM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Because this evil central socialist government and the emperor are our worst enemies!

12. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn’t.

11. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

10. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

9. I voted Democrat because I’m way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.

8. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don’t start driving a Prius.

7. I voted Democrat because I’m not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

6. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away the social security from those who paid into it.

5. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.

4. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

3. I voted Democrat because I think that it’s better to pay billions to people who hate us for their oil, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish.

2. I voted Democrat because while we live in the greatest, most wonderful country in the world, I was promised “HOPE AND CHANGE”.

And, finally, the No. 1 reason I voted Democrat:

1. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my rectal cavity, it’s unlikely that I’ll ever have another point of view.”


32 posted on 12/10/2012 1:34:41 PM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: IbJensen

All true. Especially No. 1.


33 posted on 12/10/2012 2:10:47 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

my mom is an english professor at a tribal college. She was told by the administration that her course was too tough. She was using the same course work that she used as an 8th grade course she had taught before. If she wouldnt have used a curve her entire class would have failed.


34 posted on 12/11/2012 7:18:05 AM PST by Docbarleypop
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To: IbJensen

This is Agenda 21


35 posted on 12/11/2012 7:20:04 AM PST by Truth2012
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To: Docbarleypop

Lowered expectations do not help students. Sad.


36 posted on 12/11/2012 7:27:07 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Smokin' Joe

The indian’s of course.

I mess with the liberal on this all the time.


37 posted on 12/12/2012 6:05:43 AM PST by Keith Brown (Among the other evils being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised Machiavelli.)
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