Apaches in the West, particularly those of the San Carlos and White Mountain tribes, have considered Mount Graham (known as Dzile Nchaa Si’An or Big Seated Mountain) as one of their sacred mountains since time immemorial.
Once a part of the original San Carlos Apache reservation, the mountain was taken from the tribe by the federal government in 1872, notwithstanding the fact that Apaches considered it a portal to the spirit world with the belief that spirits known as Gaahn, guardian spirits of the Apache, reside there and provide health, direction, and guidance. The mountain is also an ancestral Apache resting place, a ceremonial site, home to native medicinal plants and a species of endangered squirrel.
Despite the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the University of Arizona and the Vatican selected the mountain top as home to a complex of 18 telescopes under the Vatican belief that the mountain was not sacred because it lacked religious shrines. The then-director of the Vatican Observatory said he was unable to find any “authentic Apache” who thought the mountain was sacred and he would not accept Apache oral history on the matter...https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/pray-for-arizonas-mount-graham-during-national-sacred-places-prayer-days/
Once a part of the original San Carlos Apache reservation, the mountain was taken from the tribe by the federal government in 1872, notwithstanding the fact that Apaches considered it a portal to the spirit world with the belief that spirits known as Gaahn, guardian spirits of the Apache, reside there and provide health, direction, and guidance. The mountain is also an ancestral Apache resting place, a ceremonial site, home to native medicinal plants and a species of endangered squirrel.
Despite the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, the University of Arizona and the Vatican selected the mountain top as home to a complex of 18 telescopes under the Vatican belief that the mountain was not sacred because it lacked religious shrines. The then-director of the Vatican Observatory said he was unable to find any “authentic Apache” who thought the mountain was sacred and he would not accept Apache oral history on the matter...https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/pray-for-arizonas-mount-graham-during-national-sacred-places-prayer-days/
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