Sacred Sites
A toxic cocktail runs through it
The Portland Harbor Superfund Site feasibility study released last by the Lower Willamette Group (LWG) proposes a range of clean-up options by the parties responsible for the contamination...
Urgent Action Needed to Protect Ancient Marpole Village and Burial Site from Destruction
Musqueam Nation is calling on the British Colombia Government to protect the burials of Musqueam ancestors at the once great Musqueam village known as C?sna??m (commonly known as the...
Proposed mining project threatens O’odham water, sacred sites in Arizona
Two Canadian mining companies are trying to obtain permits for two unrelated mining projects that threaten O'odham water resources and sacred sites in southern Arizona. Lori Riddle, Akimel O'odham...
Tribal leaders challenge Forest Service to protect native women’s rights
“Since 1941 most of our ceremonial sites have been buried beneath the still waters of Lake Shasta,” said Sisk. “We ask that the Forest Service grant us this one...
Ontario unilaterally declares KI lands off limits to mining companies; KI leaders respond
In a surprise move this week, the province of Ontario declared that 23,000 square kilometres of traditional Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) land is now off limits to mining companies. It's...
Sacred Village and Burial Site ‘happily desecrated’ for Palomar College and Pardee Homes
Tomkav, a Luiseno village and burial site in Northern San Diego County, is being happily desecrated by developers working for Pardee Homes (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Corporation) and...
Long live Wirikuta! Mexico judiciary suspends mining concessions on Wixarika lands
The Wixarika people, after campaigning for seventeen straight months to protect their sacred territory, have been granted a major reprieve by the federal courts in Mexico. As of this...
Environmental Injustice & Resistance: Why we need to support KI
In 2008, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Chief Donny Morris, along with five other community members, were criminalized and jailed for saying “No” to mining exploration on their land. Although the...
Wixarika Statement to Mexican Government and all of Humanity 
Wirikuta is a desert valley in the North of Mexico, in San Luis Potosi. It not only has been recognized by UNESCO as a natural and sacred area, Wirikuta...
Wapichan showcase new proposal to save tropical forests on traditional lands
The indigenous Wapichan people of Guyana came forward this week with a new grassroots proposal that would allow them to care for 1.4 million hectares of pristine rainforest on...
Tibetan Villagers Halt Mining Project on Sacred Mountain
Tibetan Villagers have successfully halted a controversial mining operation that threatened Kawagebo, one of the most sacred peaks in the Tibetan world. Article cross-posted from the Sacred Land Film...
Time to turn back the tide of assimilation in Northern Territory, Australia
Laura Baymarrwangga, senior traditional owner of Murrungga Island and one of the last remaining Yan-nhangu speakers, is setting a profound example for all of Australia. In line with her...
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