by Will Falk | May 4, 2023 | Reflection
My love is a mountain pass. Older than me, and far more experienced, I did not know who wooed who, or why. When she looked at me with great basin starlight, that very first night, it was love at first sight. I never needed more than to merely brush my tender way...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 1, 2023 | Press
Dean Barlese, Pyramid Lake Paiute-Shoshone, blocking construction at Thacker Pass on April 25, 2023 by Ken Cosentino for Last Real Indians, April 26, 2023 On Tuesday, April 25th, a group of protestors successfully disrupted a lithium mining project at Thacker Pass in...
by Max Wilbert | Apr 22, 2023 | Reflection
A criminal slips a police officer a handful of bills and walks free. A businessman buys a politician with a briefcase full of cash. We often think of bribery and corruption in these blatant terms, and as something that happens in poor countries, elsewhere. But...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 17, 2023 | Press Releases
Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. Will Falk is representing RSIC and SLPT in this lawsuit, and Protect...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 7, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Bethany Sam, Will Falk, Max Wilbert RENO, NV — On Monday, Judge Miranda Du issued her decision in the consolidated Thacker Pass court cases including Case No. 3:21-cv-00080-MMD-CLB, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Burns Paiute Tribe...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 6, 2023 | Project updates
Judge Du has published her decision in the Bartell Ranch LLC v. Ester M. McCullough (BLM) case, in which Lithium Nevada Corporation, four environmental organizations, and the Reno Sparks Indian Colony and Burns Paiute Tribe also participated. She did not revoke the...
by Max Wilbert | Jan 20, 2023 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
Artwork by Jamie Watson The campaign to stop an open-pit lithium mine began on January 15th, 2021, after the Trump Administration fast-tracked mining on critical wildlife habitat that also happens to be a sacred site. This past Sunday was the two-year anniversary of...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 4, 2023 | Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE January 4, 2023 Reno-Sparks Indian ColonyContacts:Bethany Sam, Media RelationsWill Falk, Attorney for Reno-Sparks Indian Colony & Summit Lake Paiute TribeMax Wilbert, Protect Thacker Pass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thacker Pass Protectors to March and...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 4, 2023 | Project updates
For Immediate Release January 3, 2023 Contacts:John Hadder, Great Basin Resource WatchKevin Emmerich, Basin and Range WatchKatie Fite, Wildlands DefenseGreta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project Conservation and Public Accountability Groups to argue the Illegality of...
by Will Falk | Jan 1, 2023 | Resistance Updates
I made a video to explain what will be happening at the Thacker Pass court hearing on Thursday, January 5 at 10 AM Pacific in Reno. It’s really important that everyone understands how limited legal victories are in these kinds of cases. Even if we win,...
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