Fragments of human remains were observed in the tire tracks of the heavy construction equipment. Barriers of the border road now cross the site. Imagine a bulldozer parking in your family graveyard turning up bones.
Ned Norris Jr. highlighted the impact of border wall construction on sacred Native American sites.
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We have not been given that opportunity to sit as a Tribal government with the U.S. Government to have this conversation.
A wall is extremely expensive for the American taxpayer, is ineffective in remote geographic areas like ours, and is highly destructive to the religious, cultural and environmental resources on which our members rely and which make our…
We've historically lived in this area from time immemorial. We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents' graveyards. It would have the same…
We have raised these concerns numerous times, numerous times to Federal folks on the impacts that this border wall will have on our people.