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WE SAVED THE DESERT TORTOISE!
Environmental Justice Teddy Basham-Witherington Environmental Justice Teddy Basham-Witherington

WE SAVED THE DESERT TORTOISE!

For the Native Americans, the presence of a waste dump was deeply violating on a cultural level. They had lived on the land since time immemorial and believed that Ward Valley was the pathway traveled by newly deceased souls to their sacred mountain, Avi, Kwa Ame. Finally, it was home to the sacred desert tortoise.

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