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!
JOIN US TO DEFEND THIS LAND!
Ants, aphids, and sagebrush teach me about reciprocity. Mining companies teach me about addiction.
As a culture, we are addicted to industrial civilization. Like heroin, meth, alcohol, or crack, addiction to industrial civilization is dangerous. According to a 2007 Cornell University study, 40% of all human deaths are caused by water, air, and soil pollution. In...
90 Days Protecting Thacker Pass
Today marks 3 MONTHS / 90 DAYS since our protest camp was established. The situation remains URGENT. The destruction of Thacker Pass may be imminent in coming weeks and months. Now is the time to make plans to visit camp, put pressure on the government and politicians...
Wind and Dust vs. White Men With Guns
Thacker Pass remembers when the hairy, pale-skinned men came to round up her people and drag them away to the forts. The hoofbeats of cavalry warhorses thundered through the basin. Pistols popped and carbines cracked. Children and elders hid in the red shadows of the...
Photos from Thacker Pass
