Sacred Land Film Project News

Now in its fourth week, the Glen Cove spiritual encampment in Vallejo, Calif., is still going strong as Native American activists and supporters continue their round-the-clock occupation of the sacred Ohlone burial site in an effort to protect it from development. (See previous SLFP news post.) Although the protest has delayed construction at the 15-acre site,…

After a nearly 20-year hiatus, uranium mining has resumed on public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. In late December 2009, Denison Mines Corp. began extracting high-grade uranium ore from its Arizona 1 mine, located about 10 miles from the boundary for Grand Canyon National Park. The mine had been shut down in 1992, never having produced any…