Sacred Sites and the Perpetuation of Religious Beliefs: Indigenous Understandings and Western Perspectives within Legal Frameworks

The way in which land is understood and perceived among American Indians and non-Indians is the cause for vast cultural misunderstandings and divisions between the two groups. For American Indian communities, attachments to place are at the core of religious practices, therefore intrinsically linkin...

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Main Author: Avila, Rosemary Michelle
Other Authors: Luna-Firebaugh, Eileen
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/294043