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Church repatriates sacred rock covered with petroglyphs after 14-year effort
- A sacred rock with petroglyphs created over 1,000 years ago by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has been repatriated to northern Utah after a 14-year effort.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collaborated with the Shoshone tribe to remove and clean the 2,500-pound rock from a concrete slab in Tremonton.
- Conservators in Provo used bamboo and plastic tools to carefully clean the rock without changing its original patina before its return.
- Tribal spiritual leader Rios Pacheco offered a blessing in Shoshoni to mark the rock's return, emphasizing its cultural significance.
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Church repatriates sacred rock covered with petroglyphs after 14-year effort
A rock covered with petroglyphs created centuries ago by the ancestors of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is back home in the mountains of Utah.
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