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In this unidentified photo shows the Swamp Cedar Natural Area. a sacred tribal site known as the swamp cedars, considered sacred by a number of Shoshone tribes in Ely, northeast Nevada. A fight over water and rare trees is pitting descendants of 19th century massacres against a plan to pump and pipe water to Las Vegas. The trees have been a ceremonial site since time immemorial. They also represent a living connection to native people killed in a series of massacres in the region. For the Ely and Duckwater Shoshone in Nevada and Goshute in Utah, the site is a living memorial to hundreds of slain ancestors. But National Park Service recognition of the Spring Valley site in 2017 as a Traditional Cultural Property doesn't stop a pipeline, and a legal battle continues. (Benjamin Spillman/Reno Gazette Journal via AP)
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