by Max Wilbert | Sep 7, 2022 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
The fight to Protect Thacker Pass continues, as mine construction has not yet begun and we have been successful thus far in paperwrenching, lawsuits, and broad-based public opposition to slow the Thacker Pass lithium mine project. Legal challenges filed by local...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 16, 2022 | Press, Reflection
by Shelley Harjo Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe member Published August 15, 2022 in The Nevada Current The Thacker Pass lithium mining project will be the biggest desecration and rape of a known Native American massacre site in our area. I believe the lack of...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 15, 2022 | Resistance Updates
WE NEED YOUR URGENT ACTION!! Write to or call the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to let them know you support adding Thacker Pass, NV to the National Register of Historic Places. In solidarity with regional native people, Protect Thacker Pass calls on our supporters...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 14, 2022 | Reflection
by Nikki Hill All photos by Nikki Hill. “Sagebrush sea” is an endearing term that describes the vast high desert steppe lands of western North America. Rolling hills enveloped in silver green shimmer and sparkle like waves in the mid-day sun. This sea that spans the...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 12, 2022 | Resistance Updates
An Open Letter to the Princeton University Community, Student Groups, Divest Princeton, and the Board of Trustees To the Princeton University community: We support the movement to pressure universities, pension funds, charitable foundations, and government bodies to...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 9, 2022 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTSReno-Sparks Indian Colony MediaReno-Sparks Indian Colony Attorney, Will FalkProtect Thacker Pass, Max Wilbert OROVADA, NV (August 9, 2022) — For over a year, Nevada and Oregon Indian tribes have been accusing the Bureau of Land Management...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 5, 2022 | Reflection
Car tires and brakes are major sources of pollutants that are poisoning fish and littering the ocean with microplastics, and EVs will only make this problem worse. Car tires contain 6PPD-quinone, a toxic chemical used to help stop car tires from breaking down. This...
by Will Falk | Jul 14, 2022 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
THACKER PASS UPDATE/REFLECTIONS by Will Falk This past week, we got through most of the remaining court deadlines (at least for the next few weeks) in the two Thacker Pass cases we’re involved in. The first case is the lawsuit we filed on behalf of the Reno-Sparks...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jul 12, 2022 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) recently passed two resolutions related to Thacker Pass: ANC-22-007: Supporting Indigenous Safety through Opposing Man-Camps for Thacker Pass and ANC-22-013: Supporting the Continued Protection of Northern Paiute and...
by Max Wilbert | Jun 9, 2022 | Reflection
Land of green sage and blueberry skies I have loved you in every season From blizzards to heat waves Watching your lizards in the sun sage-grouse dancing in your folds Pronghorn stepping gently across your skin Cougar tracks high on your mountainsides Newly hatched...
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