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Wall on Tribal Land Sparks Conflict | Lafayette Louisiana News
The Trump administration is moving forward with building a massive border wall through the Tohono O’odham Nation’s sacred reservation in southern Arizona, sparking outrage from tribal members who say it’s trespassing and desecrating ancestral land. Despite a federal judge’s approval to build on a narrow federal buffer zone, the tribe claims contractors are violating tribal law by driving onto their territory to access the site — even as masked agents reportedly block tribal police. Customs officials argue the desert corridor is a critical smuggling route, but the tribe, which includes 37,000…
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