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Stop destroying Tohono O’odham sacred sites

WHERE THERE SHOULD BE OUTRAGE, the Tohono O’odham Nation has found only silence.

Our sacred sites and burial grounds — which hold the deepest significance to our people — have been run over and blown up with a seemingly proud indifference by federal contractors as they rush to build President Donald Trump’s border wall.

As these cultural sites have been desecrated, federal officials have hidden behind false motivations and political games.

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