06-15-2000
Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country
Sacred lands and sites scorched: New Mexico Fire burns tribal watershed and
ancient center of art
A deep-seated feeling of concern and apprehension is buried inside the
consciousness of many of the people that live in close proximity to the
"premier" nuclear weapons lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
Fifty seven years ago, the United States government secretly took over 49
square miles of Pueblo ancestral lands in the Pueblos sacred Jemez
Mountains. The LANL area has/had thousands of ancient and sacred sites
throughout the confiscated ...
