[Smokin' Joe]

With this authority the Interior Secretary could simply slap the sacred-and-or-cultural label on the private land in front of the pipelines extension, and it probably spells game over.

I don't think the Interior Secretary would know a sacred American Indian site if they tripped over it.

This isn't about preserving anything but Federal Control.

[Carry_Okie]

I don't think the Interior Secretary would know a sacred American Indian site if they tripped over it.

I don't think an Indian would know a sacred site if they tripped over it. As far as I am concerned, it's all made up on a crooked whim.

We have these "tribal consultants" in our area. They take a cool $500 to drive out in their fancy picky-up, look at a spot where you want to build a house (after having bought the land), and shuffle back and forth mumbling and singing to decide if your property is a "holy place." It's that bad.