The US constitution is written in English. Therefore, the official language of the law is English. Law only understands English and provides protection for the things that are defined in English. For instance, "Church" is an English word and the definition of a Church is a designated place or building where people congregate for worshiping God. The first amendment of the US constitution provides the right to practice any religion, and therefore US constitution provides protection for the Church. However, what happen to the things that are not encapsulated within the definition of a particular English word? For instance, Native American people do not have any particular place or building to congregate and pray or perform their religious ceremony.
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In the documentary "In The Light of Reverence", we have seen for the Lakota people "Black Hill", is the center of life, and they considered it sacred for them. Lakota people believe that "Black Hill" is the place where that has the vision, and everything comes back to life in the month of June. Therefore, they get together at the "Black Hill" in the month of June and renew their life. For Lakota people, this is their way of life, and the protection is the "Black Hill" is far more important than some economic reason. However, due to the popularization of the Devil Tower in Hollywood movies, the number of visitors grew and that attracted lot of rock climbers as well. National park service asked the climbers not to climb in a place that Native Americans considered sacred and told them to voluntarily stay away from the Devil Tower in the month of June. Climbing the tower and pounding bolt in the rock, the Native American sacred place, is essentially disrespecting their beliefs and rituals. The opponents of this voluntary climbing ban in the month of June responded by saying this is not a privet land; this is a federal land. This land is set aside by the US Congress for the enjoyment of the American people. [ME: Yes, this is a federal land open for public, I get that. But that does not allow you to disrespect someone 's …show more content…
This is simply disrespectful. Native Americans ' sacred places are open in nature, and that may be in a federal land, but we also know that place is sacred for somebody. For this reason, alone, we should be respectful when we conduct any activity/business on that land. I am Muslim and for Muslims Jummah prayer on Friday afternoon is very important religious rituals. Here in SF state, we sometimes get in a room to pray, and sometimes we go out in the middle of the lawn to pray. Sometimes people are loud in the other room and that disturbs the sermon. When they are told to be quiet, they respected that even though they are not Muslims. In the lawn, we sometimes block the walkway/path while praying and nobody come and complains why we are blocking the path or start walking through the middle while are praying. I think they do not do that because of respect, respect for the people, and respect the rights to practice religion. Native American people deserve the same right to practice their religion like anyone else. I think we need to teach people how to respect and be kind to one another. It is mind boggling to me that climbing on the face of Mount Rushmore is illegal yet you are allowed to climb on to other people 's place of worship and disrespect their belief and rituals. This is absolutely disgusted
In the documentary "In The Light of Reverence", we have seen for the Lakota people "Black Hill", is the center of life, and they considered it sacred for them. Lakota people believe that "Black Hill" is the place where that has the vision, and everything comes back to life in the month of June. Therefore, they get together at the "Black Hill" in the month of June and renew their life. For Lakota people, this is their way of life, and the protection is the "Black Hill" is far more important than some economic reason. However, due to the popularization of the Devil Tower in Hollywood movies, the number of visitors grew and that attracted lot of rock climbers as well. National park service asked the climbers not to climb in a place that Native Americans considered sacred and told them to voluntarily stay away from the Devil Tower in the month of June. Climbing the tower and pounding bolt in the rock, the Native American sacred place, is essentially disrespecting their beliefs and rituals. The opponents of this voluntary climbing ban in the month of June responded by saying this is not a privet land; this is a federal land. This land is set aside by the US Congress for the enjoyment of the American people. [ME: Yes, this is a federal land open for public, I get that. But that does not allow you to disrespect someone 's …show more content…
This is simply disrespectful. Native Americans ' sacred places are open in nature, and that may be in a federal land, but we also know that place is sacred for somebody. For this reason, alone, we should be respectful when we conduct any activity/business on that land. I am Muslim and for Muslims Jummah prayer on Friday afternoon is very important religious rituals. Here in SF state, we sometimes get in a room to pray, and sometimes we go out in the middle of the lawn to pray. Sometimes people are loud in the other room and that disturbs the sermon. When they are told to be quiet, they respected that even though they are not Muslims. In the lawn, we sometimes block the walkway/path while praying and nobody come and complains why we are blocking the path or start walking through the middle while are praying. I think they do not do that because of respect, respect for the people, and respect the rights to practice religion. Native American people deserve the same right to practice their religion like anyone else. I think we need to teach people how to respect and be kind to one another. It is mind boggling to me that climbing on the face of Mount Rushmore is illegal yet you are allowed to climb on to other people 's place of worship and disrespect their belief and rituals. This is absolutely disgusted