Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains why reducing the protected area has profound religious and cultural consequences.
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At the pilgrimage site of Kedarnath in northern India, disastrous flooding has led many to ask whether the gods are getting angry about human behavior.
Native Hawaiians see Mauna Kea mountain as sacred. Scientists use its summit for research. A new policy called co-management may help resolve this land conflict and similar ones across the US.
Laws in other countries recognise ‘rights of nature’. But even trees sacred to Indigenous Australian communities have no special protection.
Despite the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, passed by the US Congress 40 years ago, Native Americans still struggle to protect public lands where they practice their religions.
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Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, Indiana University
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Professor Sustainability and Urban Governance, RMIT University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, Law Futures Centre, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, San José State University