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Jun 7
1 min

New angle: Tribes and Church team up to protect water and Swamp Cedars.

I thought this new article offered an interesting angle on the Tribes fight to protect the Swamp Cedars Sacred Site from being destroyed...

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Jun 1
1 min

New Law Protects Sacred Site

I'm happy to be a part of the effort to continue our fight to protect the Bahsahwahbee sacred site for the Confederated Goshute Tribes....

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Apr 21
5 min

From Paradise to Profit

America was a sacred paradise, a Garden of Eden, a real live Heaven on Earth. Even Christopher Columbus thought so when he sailed into...

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Swamp Cedars Protection Bill Heard By Nevada Legislative Committee

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Mar 25
1 min

Swamp Cedars Protection Bill Heard By Nevada Legislative Committee

Long overdue, a Nevada legislative committee on March 15 considered protections for sacred trees to indigenous people. These trees are...

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Mar 24
2 min

Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites

Recently, I was asked why so many Native American sacred sites are not protected. That's a complicated matter. But the simple answer is...

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Mar 24
2 min

A Monumental Win for the Tribes

It may be the win of a century. A $15-billion-dollar Las Vegas water development project went up against the poverty-stricken Goshute and...

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Mar 24
1 min

On the Mountain of Fire

Years ago when I was in Indonesia exploring ancient temples and pilgrimage sites, there was not a shortage of people pointing and...

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Mar 24
1 min

The Good Fight

It's a great day for the Goshute and Western Shoshone. Maybe even a great day for all people who hold sacred those places where we carry...

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Mar 24
1 min

A Journey Into Tiger Leaping Gorge

I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I elected to hike through Tiger Leaping Gorge on the old Southwest Silk Road. We...

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Mar 24
1 min

The Naxi People of Yunnan

The Naxi people of Yunnan, China, have the only hieroglyphic language that is still being used today. If you want to learn their...

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Mar 24
2 min

On the Origins of Globalization

Globalization has been chugging along for 2 million years. Humans migrated out of Africa and the Middle East, looking for greener...

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Mar 24
3 min

America's Original Sin

We've been hearing about the "original sin" of this country. The original sin was wrapped up in a mess of insanity and delusion. Let's...

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