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Raúl Grijalva: We have witnessed this foreign mining company destroy an Indigenous sacred site in Australia.

On the recordApril 12, 2021
We have witnessed this foreign mining company destroy an Indigenous sacred site in Australia.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Grijalva draws parallels between the destruction of sacred sites in Australia and potential impacts in the U.S.

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