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Indigenous leaders say border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites: 'The mountain is our healer'

Members of the Kumeyaay Nation say federal contractors have used explosives and heavy machinery on Kuuchamaa Mountain, a site considered sacred by Indigenous communities ...

See the historic sites threatened by Trump border wall construction

Construction of the border wall in southern Arizona threatens several historic sites sacred to Indigenous peoples.

US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say

This is sacred to us like a church for you all. The mountain is our healer, our psychologist,” said Meza Calles, a Kumeyaay ...
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Border wall plans threaten rural infrastructure and cross-border life in Big Bend

Federal plans to build a steel border wall across remote stretches of West Texas are now taking shape in the Big Bend region, ...

Across the borderlands, wall construction threatens sacred sites

In April,, federal contractors began dynamiting Mount Kuchamaa, despite efforts by the Kumeyaay and surrounding communities.

Construction of Trump's Second Border Wall Did 'Irreparable' Damage to a 1,000-Year-Old Sacred Archeological Site

The damage to the massive, rare site came just days after Tohono O’odham Nation leaders urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to slow construction ...
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$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans

The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build ...
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MON: Indigenous leaders say US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, + More

Barrier construction has ramped up along the 1,954-mile border even as illegal crossings have plummeted to historic lows.