The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide. The threat's origin is traceable to state appropriation of control over their ancestral territories; its increase is fueled by insatiable demands on lands, waters, and natural resources. Because their sacred sites spiritually anchor their relationship with their lands, and because their relationship with their lands is at the core of their identities, threats to their sacred sites are effectively threats to indigenous peoples themselves.
In recent decades, First Nations peoples of Canada, like other...
The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide. The threat's origin is traceable to state appropriation of control ov...
