Since the Natives have arrived in the United States, government officials have not shown any sensitivity in the fight for Native American values and land. As we see in the court case between Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Association and North Dakota Access Pipeline, government officials have been obstinate when it comes it giving Native Americans the right to land and religion. Native Americans perchance could have been the first to colonize in America: therefore, why do these millions of people get overlooked? In my outlook, it because of our traditions, rituals, and deep heritage that sets us apart for mainstream people of America.
Native Americans live in their own world and own community, maintaining casinos, private housing …show more content…
Although, there are various cultures that vary us, one aspect that binds us together is beliefs (History.com Staff, 2009). Native Americans are deeply rooted from their past; therefore, they believe, all entities are sacred, from broad to narrow Still to this day, “…Indian spirits, and American Nature has become our modern national ghost story, the tale of America’s haunted industrial grid.” (Caterine, 2014) From the White Feather Navajo Medicine Man, he said, “Native American isn’t blood; it is what is in the heart. The love for the land. The respect for it, those who inhabit it; and the respect and acknowledgment of the spirits and the elders. That is what it is to be Indian." They have the greatest respect for the land and people with three main words that describe the Native Americans is Honor, Love, and Respect (Chief Seattle, 2001). Religion plays an immense role in how they treat people with such love and compassion. The main religion among the tribes is Christianity for the reason that the European Christian Missionaries who sought out the Native Americans. Many tribes maintained their …show more content…
Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association was one of the first disputes between the Native American Society of the Yurok, Karuk, and Tolowa and the American Government. In 1982, the United States Forest Service decided to pave a road through federal land within the Chimney Rock area of the Six Rivers National Forest (Bruce, 1992). In past recent studies, this land was utilized by the Native Americans for rituals, like healing a native or for stomping grounds. Almost all the time, these rituals need to be exclusive and sacred; they believe if the ritual is not private the Gods will not grant their wishes. Along with the road being paved through Chimney Rock, the service correspondingly decided to cut down timber for the reason of a new management plan, but sparing the sites used by the Native Americans. Consequently, people and organizations of the State of California filed a lawsuit against the Federal District Court confronting the building of the road and cutting down the timber. The State decided to fight under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Specifically, in a 5 to 3 decision, the court concluded the Forest service was allowed to have free reign throughout the land. The Court's reasoning was they could not run a government if they upheld and satisfied every religious issue in America. Furthermore, with Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, we grasp a prime example of why Native Americans and the Government cannot work
Native Americans live in their own world and own community, maintaining casinos, private housing …show more content…
Although, there are various cultures that vary us, one aspect that binds us together is beliefs (History.com Staff, 2009). Native Americans are deeply rooted from their past; therefore, they believe, all entities are sacred, from broad to narrow Still to this day, “…Indian spirits, and American Nature has become our modern national ghost story, the tale of America’s haunted industrial grid.” (Caterine, 2014) From the White Feather Navajo Medicine Man, he said, “Native American isn’t blood; it is what is in the heart. The love for the land. The respect for it, those who inhabit it; and the respect and acknowledgment of the spirits and the elders. That is what it is to be Indian." They have the greatest respect for the land and people with three main words that describe the Native Americans is Honor, Love, and Respect (Chief Seattle, 2001). Religion plays an immense role in how they treat people with such love and compassion. The main religion among the tribes is Christianity for the reason that the European Christian Missionaries who sought out the Native Americans. Many tribes maintained their …show more content…
Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association was one of the first disputes between the Native American Society of the Yurok, Karuk, and Tolowa and the American Government. In 1982, the United States Forest Service decided to pave a road through federal land within the Chimney Rock area of the Six Rivers National Forest (Bruce, 1992). In past recent studies, this land was utilized by the Native Americans for rituals, like healing a native or for stomping grounds. Almost all the time, these rituals need to be exclusive and sacred; they believe if the ritual is not private the Gods will not grant their wishes. Along with the road being paved through Chimney Rock, the service correspondingly decided to cut down timber for the reason of a new management plan, but sparing the sites used by the Native Americans. Consequently, people and organizations of the State of California filed a lawsuit against the Federal District Court confronting the building of the road and cutting down the timber. The State decided to fight under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Specifically, in a 5 to 3 decision, the court concluded the Forest service was allowed to have free reign throughout the land. The Court's reasoning was they could not run a government if they upheld and satisfied every religious issue in America. Furthermore, with Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, we grasp a prime example of why Native Americans and the Government cannot work