Sacred land Reader
In the Sacred Land Reader, read:
- When Every Place Is Sacred by Christopher McLeod (Foreword)
- Sacred Lands and Religious Freedom by Vine Deloria Jr. (Introduction)
WRITE: A one-paragraph summary about the foreword. List five things you learned from reading the foreword.
Answer the following questions regarding Deloria’s article (Introduction):
- What is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?
- How successful has it been?
- What’s the Lyng case about and what was the Supreme Court’s ruling?
- How did the Court’s ruling treat ceremonies and rituals that have been performed for thousands of years?
- Summarize Justice Brennan’s dissent in the Lyng case.
- What are the two contradictory responses that seem to describe non-Indian attitudes toward traditional tribal religions?
- What does neither perspective understand?
- How do Indian and non-Indian communities pass on knowledge?
- Acknowledging that analyzing & categorizing sacredness is convenient for discussion, but does not reflect reality, what types of sacred lands does Deloria describe? Explain each a bit.
- State what federal courts, scholars, and state & federal agencies refuse, demand, and impose.
- What is the major crisis that exists in Indian Country today because of the Lyng decision?
- What does Deloria say all people should become involved in?
- What are present legal remedies for Indian religious practitioners?
- List and briefly summarize the threatened sacred sites.
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