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Oak Flat Ruling Exposes Gaps in Legal Protections for Native Sacred Sites, Puts U.S. Behind Global Standards on Indigenous Rights

A court decision that made way for the federal government to transfer land sacred to Southwest tribes to a foreign mining company shows the fragility of legal protections for Native American religious practices and has put the U.S. out of step with global jurisprudence when it comes to protecting sacred Indigenous land. That’s according to…