NCAI Denounces Continued Destruction of Sacred Sites and Disturbing Treatment of Peaceful Protestors on Tohono O'odham Homelands
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The National Congress of American Indians issued the following news release:
"The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is deeply disturbed by the intense escalation of actions by local law enforcement targeting nonviolent protestors in the traditional Tohono O'odham Nation's homelands of southern Arizona. We will not stay silent while sacred sites are destroyed and unnecessary force is used against Native and non-Native land stewards," says N . . .
"The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is deeply disturbed by the intense escalation of actions by local law enforcement targeting nonviolent protestors in the traditional Tohono O'odham Nation's homelands of southern Arizona. We will not stay silent while sacred sites are destroyed and unnecessary force is used against Native and non-Native land stewards," says N . . .