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- Slide: 1
- A courtroom scene with a judge, the Elder, and a lawyer representing the tribe.
- "Your Honor, the definition of 'undue burden' should consider the cultural and spiritual loss suffered by the tribe. This isn't just about land; it's about their way of life."
- "Religious freedom for American Indians, as well as legal issues in volving trial courts, are among the concerns taken up by the Commit tee for Problems of American Indi ans, a 15-year-old body of the IRR Section embracing some." Sacred Sites 28
- Slide: 2
- The courtroom, focusing on the judge and the lawyer.
- "Under the Establishment Clause, all religions should be treated equally. The Winnemem Wintu's sacred site deserves the same protection as any other religious site."
- "In that decision, the Court over turned rulings by the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap peals which allowed the U.S. Forest Service to proceed with construction of a road through an area deemed sacred by local worshipers, despite a lower court finding that the road would "virtually destroy the In dians' ability to practice their religion." Sacred Sites Pg 28
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