Scars Upon Sacred Land

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Over the last four years, I've written an intermittent environmental series at Daily Kos that I entitled Scars Upon Sacred Land. 

The original impetus for the title was the emergence of several renewed threats of mining on or adjacent to tribal lands. Over time, I think it became clear to readers that the scars were no less real even when they involved other forms of environmental damage, and that to use, the affected land was no less sacred for having long since been stolen and handed over to others.

I'm going to begin re-running that series here. Yes, there's a reason: If all goes as planned, there'll be a brand new entry in the series on Friday. But for context, I'm going to run each of the first six in the series, in order, here. 

Now, these posts are all anywhere from six months to four years old. I'll be running each with a note at the top indicating its original posting date. The information in some of them is no doubt outdated, at least in the details. But the broader risk that each represents still stands, and not one of the land areas discussed in them is yet safe. 

The first entry will post later today. When you read it, keep in mind that it's from 2010. Also keep in mind that the risks have not abated, nor has the damage already done been remediated.

And keep your eyes open for more entries every day this week, with a brand-new one at the end of the week.


Copyright Ajijaakwe, 2014; all rights reserved.