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"Indian Tribe Worries Pipeline Will Disturb Graves" [1]

"OKLAHOMA CITY -- As President Barack Obama pushes to fast-track an oil pipeline from Oklahoma south to the Gulf Coast, an American Indian tribe that calls the oil hub home worries the route might disrupt sacred sites holding the unmarked graves of their ancestors."



"Sac and Fox Nation Chief George Thurman plans to voice his concerns this week in Washington. He said he fears workers placing the 485-mile Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Cushing to refineries on Texas' Gulf Coast could disturb holy ground without consideration of the tribe. He and another tribe member say the pipeline's route travels through areas where unmarked graves are likely buried."

Katie Fretland reports for the Associated Press March 26, 2012. [2]

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Environmental Politics [4]
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Source: AP [2], 03/27/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/indian-tribe-worries-pipeline-will-disturb-graves [2] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/03/26/us/ap-us-pipeline-indian-graves.html?ref=news [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81