From the Western Shoshone Defense Project:
Call to Protect Native Sacred Spaces
—–Original Message—–
From: First Peoples Human Rights Coalition
To: info@firstpeoplesrights.org
Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 8:44 am
Subject: USA: Call to protect Native sacred places
From the Call to Action below: “Article 12 of the Declaration [United
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples] affirms20that “Indigenous peoples have
the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and
religious traditions, customs and ceremonies and the right to maintain,
protect, and have access in privacy to their religious and cultural
sites.” .
“Tribal Nations and Native rights organizations are aware of hundreds of
threatened sacred places throughout the US and are highlighting two
critical threatened sacred places as evidence for immediate political
action: The Medicine Lake Highlands located in California and the San
Francisco Peaks located in Northern Arizona.”
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Please fax a brief letter to Senate Indian Affairs Committee urging that
a hearing be held on these issues as soon as possible. The Committee fax
number is 202-228-2589.
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