Tipi Erected At Thacker Pass - Law Enforcement Issues Final Warning

Indigenous land defenders erect a tipi, forming Ox Sam Camp at PeeHee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass) Nevada - the site of a proposed lithium operation.

Thacker Pass Lithium Construction Shut Down By Direct Action

Direct action from Indigenous People, including members of the Shoshone and Paiute tribes, successfully disrupted a lithium mining operation at Thacker Pass, Nevada.

Disenrollment: an Overstep of Tribal Sovereignty by Keshia Talking Waters De Freece Lawrence and Zach Galehouse

Disenrollment functions as a tool of colonization when used for bilateral violence, considering the direct attack on a person’s identity, genealogy and spiritual relationship to kin and land.

Third Native Tribe Sues Bureau of Land Management and Lithium Nevada Corporation

The Winnemucca Indian Colony filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuits against Lithium Americas Corporation’s planned Thacker Pass lithium mine on Friday, February 11th, stating that “to build that Thacker Pass lithium mine on lands held sacred to Colony members would be like raping the earth and their culture.”

FeaturedLast Real IndiansFebruary 15, 2022Last Real Indians, Deb Haaland, BLM, Paiute

Native People, Supporters Will Gather to Commemorate an 1865 Massacre at Thacker Pass

Opponents of the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada will gather on Sunday, September 12th, to commemorate a massacre of at least 31 Northern Paiute people on that day in 1865 with prayers and songs.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 12, 2021Thacker Pass, Last Real Indians, Mining, Paiute