Removing the Devil's Dirt
By AAN Staff
may 30, 2003 11:18 am
Using a variation of the environmental racism
argument, the Southern Ute tribe fights for
removal of toxic waste from an ancient burial
ground. Salt Lake City Weekly's John F. Harrington examines the principle of shundahai, a Shoshone belief in peace and harmony with all creation, and now Western tribes are using it to assert legal rights that could force the government to protect their sacred beliefs.