Sacred Sites

There is no way to quantify the nature of sacred sites. What there is to say is that some places should be left for the Creator, and for Peoples who practice their traditional spiritual ways to continue, uninterrupted. Native American religions are often distinguished from the Judeo-Christian tradition with the vernacular of theologians as "affirmation" religions, while the more dominant religions are "commemorative religions". As such, we must always reaffirm our relationship to our Creation, our land, by ceremony, honoring, and, often the return to our most Sacred of Sites.

Many sacred sites have been desecrated and others saved, largely a result of millions of Americans joining to protect and respect Native religious freedom. Freedom of Religion is a constitutional right in the United States, yet not in practice accorded to most Native traditional peoples. Nationally, approximately 75% of all sacred sites are on public lands, meaning that there is a constant conflict between multiple use of sacred sites and Native American religious freedom. Honor the Earth is working to provide funding and awareness for the sacred sites protection that is taking place.

The battle to protect sacred sites wages on. From Bear Butte in South Dakota, to Mount Taylor to Medicine Lake, sites which are essential for the spiritual and cultural well being of Indigenous tribes are continuously facing threats of encroachment by businesses etc. that want to develop on or near them, desecrate them by mining etc.
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