Indigenous leaders express their concerns about the desecration of Native American sacred places and cultural sites by U.S. government contractors as construction crews work on a new border wall segment on Kuuchamaa Mountain, near Tecate, Mexico.
Indigenous leaders say U.S. government contractors in the rush to expand the wall are desecrating Native American sacred places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace.
Construction crews work on a new border wall segment on Kuuchamaa Mountain, seen from Tecate, Mexico. Indigenous leaders lead guided tours of traditional Kumeyaay uses for local plants at a wellness center in Tecate, Mexico. Norma Meza Calles, a Kumeyaay Nation leader, lights a bundle of white sage as she discusses the sacred importance of nearby Kuuchamaa Mountain
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