Saturday, December 9, 2017

Trump's Dismemberment of Bears Ears: Perspective From Indigenous Scholars

Bob Wick/BLM

Thanks to Moldy Chum for this link to The Revelator and a perspective we hardly ever pay attention to. Five First People Nations, Navajo, Hopi, Ute, Ute Mountain, and Zuni, worked for years to establish protections for cultural sites, religious sites, and grave sites prone to looting and desecration. Now, with a stroke of the pen, 60,000 sites are stripped of that protection.

What would you do if the shoe was on the other foot? Have the courage to put yourself in their place before you lock yourself into beliefs and positions fed to you by self-seeking politicians.

Read the article HERE.

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