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.

Featured, Current affairsKen CosentinoMay 12, 2023Thacker Pass, PeeHee Mu'huh, Paiute, Shoshone, Land Back, Land Defenders, Lithium, Lithium Mining, Water Protectors, Water Rights, Indigenous resistance, Indigenous climate action, Chase Iron Eyes, Peaceful Protest, Tipi

Lithium Mining Wreaks Havoc On Our Planet

President Biden’s push for electric cars increases profits for Chinese corporations while simultaneously destroying the environment and consuming water on Native lands.

Featured, Current affairsKen CosentinoMay 7, 2023Lithium, lithium mining, mining, Congo, President Biden, Thacker Pass, environmental justice, climate justice, climate change, Climate crisis, Indigenous climate action, water rights, legislation, electric cars

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.

Current affairsKen CosentinoApril 26, 2023Thacker Pass, Lithium, Mining, Construction, Treaty rights, Shoshone, Paiute, Protest, Indigenous climate action

Native American sacred sites are being damaged at proposed lithium mining site, Thacker Pass

The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in northern Nevada is headed back to Federal Court on January 5th as the lawsuits against the project near completion, but project opponents are raising the alarm that Lithium Nevada Corporation has already begun work on the proposed mine.

Current affairsLast Real IndiansDecember 28, 2022sacred sites, Last Real Indians, Thacker Pass, Nevada, Lithium, electric cars

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