Lying Secretary Agriculture Vs. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association Newspaper Article

Lying Secretary Agriculture Vs. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association Newspaper Article

This newspaper article briefly describes the U.S. Supreme Courts 5-3 decision.

U.C. Davis Special Collections

Vanguard

1988

Humboldt State Special Collections

English

2 Pages

D-334 David Risling Papers 7284
Box 94 Newspaper Articles

"While admitting that the government's actions would disrupt the environment, diminish the sacredness of the area, create distractions that would interfere with spiritual training and needed privacy for meditation, and "interfere significantly" with the Indians' spiritual practices, the "affected individuals (would not) be coerced into violating their religious beliefs;' or penalized by the government for the exercise of those religious rights."

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