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Your article headlined "Mojave Desert Indians Fighting to Stop Dump" (Main news, March 22) states that the one thousand acres of desert sought by California to contain a 90-acre disposal facility "has served as a shrine for Native Americans for hundreds of years." This statement...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Authors John R. Pierson, Deputy Director Chief Counsel, Peter A. Baldridge, Senior Staff Attorney, Department of Health Services State of California
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 09.04.1998
Subjects
Letters to the editor
Native Americans
Property rights
SACRAMENTO, Calif
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Summary:Your article headlined "Mojave Desert Indians Fighting to Stop Dump" (Main news, March 22) states that the one thousand acres of desert sought by California to contain a 90-acre disposal facility "has served as a shrine for Native Americans for hundreds of years." This statement wrongly conjures the image of a sacred ceremonial or burial site on Indian land threatened by the State.
ISSN:1085-6706