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Cleita

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5. There is and also there is gold mining going on Indian land in Nevada that

Reply to newfie11 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 05:59 PM

Jun 2015

the tribes can't stop. I think though some good and dedicated Greenpeace type lawyers could dig up some of the treaties from the past and take them all the way to the Supreme Court if they have to. Since the archaeologists are also now involved, it isn't just the Indians and makes the push back bigger. I hope for once people start fighting back at these destroyers of land and nature.

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Archaeologists call on feds to protect Chaco Canyon area [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2015 OP

That would be terrible. Chaco Canyon is a mysterious and magic place. Cleita Jun 2015 #1

Nothing's sacred but money to these corporations newfie11 Jun 2015 #2

It is sacred ground to the native people, the Pueblo, Zuni and Navajo. Cleita Jun 2015 #3

I hope so but newfie11 Jun 2015 #4

There is and also there is gold mining going on Indian land in Nevada that Cleita Jun 2015 #5