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What does it mean for land, or a specific site, to be considered sacred? What does it mean to base a whole religious tradition on the sacredness of a place? I explore these questions in this chapter, but instead of turning to the usual suspects of religious studies (e.g., Mircea Eliade), or to my own religious tradition (Judaism), for answers, I turn to Native scholars (e.g., Vine Deloria, Jr.), who explain their religiosity while connecting the sacredness of the land with land dispossession.