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Threatened Sacred Sites
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The Associated Press
Monday, December 2, 2002
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/12/02/state0 050EST0143.DTL
(12-02) 00:03 PST (AP) --
The National Congress of American Indians identified 23 tribal disputes over sacred lands at a recent meeting in San Diego. The NCAI passed a resolution to assist the following tribes in protecting their sacred lands:
* Zuni Nation of New Mexico. Site: Zuni Salt Lake.
* Quechan Nation of California. Site: Quechan Indian Pass.
* Pitt River Nation of California. Site: Medicine Lake Highlands.
* Carrizo and Comecrudo Nations of Texas. Site: Amistad Lake and Falcon Dam on Rio Grande River.
* Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations along Missouri River. Site: Missouri River.
* Lakota Nation of South Dakota. Site: Black Hills and Badlands.
* Northern Plains Nations of Minnesota. Site: Pipestone National Monument.
* Hualapai Nation of Arizona. Site: Truxton Canyon and Crozier Canyon.
* Hopi and Navajo people in Arizona. Site: Navajo acquifer.
* Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington. Site: Snoqualmie Falls.
* Coastal Chumash people of California. Site: Gaviota coastal region.
* Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona. Site: Boboquivari Mountain.
* Lummi Nation of Washington. Site: Semiahmah city near of Blaine.
* Yurok Nation of California. Site: Klamath River.
* Berry Creek, Moore Town, and Enterprise rancherias of California. Site: lands near Oroville Dam Reservoir.
* Southwest tribal nations. Site: Arizona Snow Bowl in San Francisco Peaks.
* Tongva and Acjachemen peoples of California. Site: Puvungna in Long Beach.
* San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians of California. Site: Morro Hill or Katuktu.
* Muscogee Creek Nation of Georgia. Site: Ocmulgee National Monument and Ocmulgee Old Fields.
* Apache peoples of Arizona. Site: Mount Graham.
* Native people of Wyoming. Site: Medicine Wheel in Bighorn National Forest.
* First Nations Dakota Tribes of Minnesota. Site: Cold Water Spring.
* Picuris Pueblo people of New Mexico. Site: Picuris Pueblo.
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