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Sacred space: federal agencies are giving a green light to development that threatens Native American religious freedom. (Report).

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| March 22, 2003 | Harjo, Suzan Shown | COPYRIGHT 2003 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A fly that lives for two days gets more respect from the Bush Administration than the oldest-Native American sacred place or the living people who pray there. And the fly better watch out, because gold miners and tourists are more, highly valued than Indians or insects.

As the Interior Department is protecting the Delhi Sands fly from developers in its 1,200 acres of Southern California sand dune habitat, the same federal agency is letting water, mining, and farming development trump Indian religious freedom in the same state.

Nationwide, federal agencies are giving a green light to private and state development that will damage or destroy Native American ...

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