Published: August 07, 2020
PKKP Aboriginal Corporation says it is questioning relationship with company after CEO’s evidence on destruction of Juukan Gorge
The traditional owners of Juukan Gorge say Rio Tinto’s submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of two of their sacred sites has “deepened our hurt” and caused them to “question the foundations of our relationship”.
Two rock shelters in Juukan Gorge, one of which showed evidence of continual occupation by the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) over 46,000 years and was rated as being of the highest archeological significance in Australia, were destroyed in a mining blast by Rio Tinto on 24 May.
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