Asked&Answered: Indigenous Perspectives

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Carrie Heitman explains why Indigenous people from New Mexico were included in efforts to protect the Chaco Canyon historical sites.

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[00:00:03.990]Above and beyond the archeological,
[00:00:06.780]and particularly the Chacoan archeological sites,
[00:00:10.490]is a tremendous amount that we don't know
[00:00:12.470]from the various Indigenous perspectives.
[00:00:14.390]So from an Acoma Pueblo perspective,
[00:00:17.510]where are all the sacred places to them?
[00:00:19.510]Which aren't necessarily archeological sites.
[00:00:21.027]They're important, but there's pilgrimage sites,
[00:00:24.180]there's shines, there's places where people go
[00:00:26.690]and offer prayers.
[00:00:27.670]So where are those places?
[00:00:29.912]And how do we protect those at the same time
[00:00:33.270]that we're trying to protect these quite ancient things?

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