indigenous religions

Throughout the United States, a battle is taking place for continued access to sacred sites and their protection in perpetuity.

“Although our nation professes to cherish its first amendment enshrined religious liberty, our society persistently denies this right to America’s original inhabitants. Historically, the religious persecution of American Indians is undisputed.“—John Rhodes, Montana Law Review

Some 10,000 men and women belonging to indigenous faiths joined forces April 24 in the town of Gumla in Jharkhand to demand recognition of their traditional religions.