Sacred Land News

July 1, 2007
NCAI Passes Resolution Endorsing “Native American Sacred Lands Act”
Posted by: Toby McLeod

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) endorsed new sacred land protection legislation at their mid-year meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, which was held June 10-13. Resolution #ANC-07-020 calls for a strong “cause of action” to allow Native American tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations to litigate in court to protect threatened sacred sites, and calls on Congress to hold hearings and pass sacred land protection legislation.

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