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2014 Sacred Places News Stories

9th Circuit to consider Medicine Lake sacred site dispute again (Indianz) 3/4/15

Navajos file human-rights petition over Snowbowl resort (AZ Central) 3/4/15

Mine proposed near sacred site in Black Hills (Indianz) 3/3/15

Apache sacred land handed to mining giant in backroom deal (Liberation News) 12/23/14

Congress passes bill with mine on sacred Apache land in Arizona (Indianz) 12/15/14

57 affiliated tribes of Northwest Indians urge Senate to nix sacred land giveaway (Indian Country Today) 12/12/14

Apache tribe distressed by privatization of sacred land (Arizona Daily Star) 12/11/14

Video: What resolution Copper wants to inflict on Apache sacred land (Indian Country Today) 12/10/14

Chumash fight state over access to Morro Rock (Courthouse News Service) 12/10/14

Defense measure raids sacred sites for one mine (Indianz) 12/10/14

Apache tribe distressed by privatization of sacred land (The Tucson) 12/11/14

Chumash Indians file suit challenging Salinan tribe's right to climb Morro Rock (San Luis Obispo Tribune) 12/5/14

Spiritual warfare and sacred site protection in Hawaii (Indian Country Today) 12/2/14

Sioux tribe buys final piece of sacred Pe'Sla site in western South Dakota's Black Hills (Star Tribune) 12/3/14

San Francisco Peaks: Arizona's Snowbowl opens to protest over Thanksgiving weekend (Indian Country Today) 12/1/14

Tribe demands government stop Caltrans, save sacred sites in Willits (ABC News) 11/18/14

Blackfeet battle oil & gas developer for sacred Badger-Two Medicine origin site (Indian Country Today) 11/12/14

10 extraordinary Native American cultural sites protected on public lands (Wilderness Society) 11/7/14

South Dakota tribes seek $2M to acquire sacred Black Hills site (Indianz) 10/13/14

Hawaiian activists block illegal construction on sacred mountain (Indian Country Today) 10/9/14

Native American sacred site bill passes (Monterey Herald) 10/3/14

Snowbowl water contract renewed for 20 more years (KTAR News) 8/10/14

Proposed gondola for Grand Canyon's rim has community on edge (NPR) 8/4/14

'I (heart) Miranda' graffiti mars sacred Indian site in Washington (Oregon Live) 8/3/14

Reclaiming the sacred Black Hills (Indian Country Today) 6/28/14

Native Sun News: Uranium mining poses threat to sacred sites (Indianz.com) 5/19/14

Tribal leaders tour proposed Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (Indian Country Today) 5/11/14

Illegal Park Service projects damage sacred site (Sacramento Bee) 5/10/14

Natives must prove sacred site in Utah is worth saving (Indian Country Today) 5/6/14

Navajo Nation drops appeal in religious sites access case (Arizona Daily Sun) 3/27/14

Calif. sacred sites bill would boost protections but exclude some 50 tribes (Indian Country Today) 3/6/14

Sacred site advocates ask senate to heed Keith Harper concerns (Indian Country Today) 2/17/14

Mount Taylor will be protected, case sets sacred sites precedent (Indian Country Today) 2/12/14

Hopi tribe still battling wastewater at sacred site (Indianz) 2/10/14

Quapaw tribe, Arkansas national guard sign MOU for sacred places (Indian Country Today) 1/25/14

Hopi win right to continue court fight against Snowbowl wastewater on sacred peaks (Indian Country Today) 1/8/14