Potential mineral resource developments around the Montezuma Canyon (southeastern Utah, San Juan Basin) were threatening archeological sites, petroglyphs, and ancient Pueblo and Navajo sites and artifacts. ... The destruction of Indigenous Cultural and Sacred sites and properties has been occurring since the "Day of Discovery." ... Part of the dilemma is the view non-Natives have on what we (Indigenous People) consider cultural or sacred sites and properties. ... I recall this same viewpoint when the French court, in 2013, made a determination for approving the auction for several Hopi/Zuni ka...

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Still more controversial was the Treaty of Paris of 1898 through which the United States bought the Philippines and took control of a people that did not want to be ruled by them. ... Mahan also introduced the concept that America must prevent other nations, particularly the European powers, from establishing any footing near, for example, the possible sites of a canal in Panama or Nicaragua, that might threaten American trade prospects. ...

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The day began as any other would at Pearl Harbor. The sailors were awake at 7 o"clock, and by 7:30 were out eating breakfast, talking with each other, and preparing for the day that was about to come. However, what they did not know was that the next two hours would change their lives and the lives ...

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