Tribal leaders urge support for bills to protect cultural, sacred sites - Cronkite News

Tribal leaders urged lawmakers Wednesday to pass a package of bills that would protect cultural and sacred sites by creating a new tribal cultural areas designation and require Native input on any decisions on those lands.

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