Month: July 2014

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Yaxchilan

Usumacinta River, Chiapas, Mexico

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Taktsang Palphug Monastery

Paro Valley, Bhutan

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo

Ivanovo, Bulgaria

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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Ahu Tongariki

Easter Island

By yucy / July 29, 2014

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The Gods and Goddesses of the Mission Murals

Mission Street, San Francisco, California

By yucy / July 28, 2014

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Ohlone Village Site

Coyote Hills Regional Park, Fremont, California

By yucy / July 1, 2014

Sacred Sites’ Facebook Updates

February 9, 2019

HOLY WELLS AND YEW TREES

Help save Britain's Ancient Yew Trees and Holy Wells by signing this petition:

Water, as we all know, is one of the most sacred things of life and in days gone by, Holy Wells were celebrated, particularly Holy Wells under a Yew tree. There used to be hundreds of these. They were on the south side of the burial mounds, where the Saxons ... See more

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January 30, 2019

Shenhua coalmine planning works 'could desecrate Indigenous sacred sites'

The Gomeroi people, in New South Wales, Australia, find their sacred sites threatened by a coalmine.

Native title applicant says NSW’s change to planning conditions has given Chinese company permission to drill and excavate before a mining lease for Watermark has even been granted

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January 25, 2019

Native Sun News Today: Tribes acquire land at sacred Bear Butte

Some good new! Tribes Acquire Land at Bear Butte!

Members of the Northern Cheyenne, Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes received a wonderful holiday gift that will benefit generations to come.

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January 19, 2019

Giant ice disk forms in Maine river, enthralling residents

A Spinning Ice Disk forms a Natural Wonder!!

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, an unusual phenomenon has appeared in a river in Westbrook, Maine: A giant ice disk that spans about 100 yards across and spins counter-clockwise. The disk is a natural although uncommon occurrence documented in other ... See more

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January 16, 2019

How the U.S.-Mexico border has split the Tohono O’odham

How Trump's Wall impacts the Tohono O'odham Nation of American Indians. Their land straddles both sides of the U.S. and Mexico border. A wall would mean they could not access some of their sacred sites. Read more:

When it comes to the ‘wall,’ the Nation is divided.

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January 15, 2019

Easter Island's iconic statues are threatened by rising waves due to global warming. Read More: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/rising-sea-levels-are-threatening-easter-island-s-historic-statues/

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January 9, 2019

There is hope to save Stonehenge! Please sign the Stonehenge Alliance Petition by Friday! http://stonehengealliance.org.uk/our-campaign/petition/

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January 8, 2019

Canada: indigenous anti-pipeline protesters call police presence ‘act of war’

Indigenous protestors seeking to stop a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia have been ordered off the land by court order. Police are moving in to break-up the protest encampment.

Police officers deployed near checkpoint where protesters have gathered to block the construction of a natural gas pipeline

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January 3, 2019

2 women enter Hindu temple in India, breaking years-long ban

Women in India blocked from entering a Hindu Temple despite a Supreme Court ruling that they must be allowed entry to worship.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Two women on Wednesday entered one of India's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites that had been forbidden to females between the ages of 10 and 50, sparking protests across a southern state, with police firing tear gas at several places to ... See more

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December 28, 2018

Interior Dept. Moves Toward Selling Oil Leases in Arctic Refuge

Sacred Sites International believes that the entire Arctic Wildlife Refuge needs to be protected...not just a part of it!

A draft report issued Thursday is a key step toward allowing drilling in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, potentially ending decades of protections.

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