Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with regional indigenous people. Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. We invite all people with good hearts to help us stop the greenwashing!
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Thacker Pass and the battle over dirty Green technology
by John M. Glionna May 14, 2021 The sky was blue and I was driving a rural stretch of tarmac called Kings River Road, searching for the site of perhaps the nation’s next big environmental showdown. A mammoth open-pit mine is slated to be carved out of an arid sweep of...
Lithium Mining Proposal in Northern Nevada Threatens Paiute and Shoshone Land
By Claire Carlson for Native News Online May 13, 2021 Situated between the high peaks and low valley floors of northern Nevada is Thacker Pass, an expanse of land that is bordered from the north and south by the Montana and Double H mountain ranges. The pass is in...
Notes from Peehee mu’huh (Thacker Pass) Part 4: The Dream
By Rebecca Wildbear Red-tailed hawks nested in a nearby canyon. Every once in a while, one circled above. A middle-aged man and I sat in the sagebrush. We had both been at camp for more than a week. I looked toward the snow-capped peaks that surrounded us, as he...
Photos from Thacker Pass
