AJELP Spring Symposium on Indigenous Land Stewardship - Panel 2

Panel 2: Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites - April 7, 2023
The University of Arizona Law’s Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (AJELP) hosted the Spring Symposium on Indigenous Land Stewardship, on April 6 and 7, at the University of Arizona campus.
The hybrid symposium brought together a diverse array of leaders from tribal communities, academia, the public sector, and advocacy organizations to discuss current efforts within the field of Indigenous land stewardship and its intersections with domestic and international law and policy.
This is the recording of the second panel on Day 2 of the Symposium, entitled Protecting Indigenous Sacred Sites. it was moderated by UArizona Professor Rebecca Tsosie and featured Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. (San Carlos Apache), Founder of Apache Stronghold, IPLP alumnus Jared Hautamaki (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), Senior Advisor, Bureau of Indian Education, and Ashley Obrey (Native Hawaiian), Attorney, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation. The panelists unpacked the concepts and lived reality of Indigenous law, constitutional and federal law, and international human rights law as they relate to the protection of Indigenous sacred sites. They also discussed ongoing efforts to protect as the Apache sacred site Oak Flat in Arizona and the Native Hawaiian sacred mountain Mauna Kea.