People of Red Mountain will now be hosting the 4th Annual Commemoration of Peehee Mu’huh Massacres at Nipple Rock September 20th – 22nd. Please adjust your calendars and join us in remembrance of past events as well as conversations regarding current happenings in the McDermitt Caldera.
People of Red Mountain will be hosting the 4th annual commemoration of PeeHee Mu’huh massacres September 13th-15th, 2024. Make a plan to camp with us at Nipple Rock Friday and Saturday nights. Though Thacker Pass mine is currently moving forward, we will continue to honor our ancestors and future generations by gathering in remembrance. PeeHee Mu’huh!
Our allies at Great Basin Resource Watch are celebrating 30 years of working with communities to protect their land, air, and water! On top of that, they will be screening the recent documentary People of Red Mountain: Life Over Lithium at their event. Show your support for GBRW and PRM in Reno on Tuesday, May 14th!
Our friends at San Diego State University have put together a short film documenting our fight to protect Peehee Mu’huh and the McDermitt Caldera. If you’re in Southern California, please come join us for the first screening on Thursday, April 25th.
People of Red Mountain would like to thank everyone who took time out of their weekends to come together in McDermitt and discuss the threats posed by mining companies in the McDermitt Caldera. The event was well attended and we were pleased to hear the concerns of a variety of community voices from ranchers to tribal members. We look forward to continuing these conversations and advocating for the people of McDermitt’s power to choose what is good for their community.
Mark your calendars – People of Red Mountain will be hosting a community meeting in McDermitt, Nevada on April 14, 2024. Join us and our coalition partners to discuss the proposed lithium projects within the McDermitt Caldera and to share your concerns. All are welcome!
Siskiyou Rising Tide is screening the recent Southern Oregon PBS documentary entitled People of Red Mountain: Life & Lithium in Nevada’s Thacker Pass this Thusday night in Medford, OR. If you can’t make the event you can watch the documentary here.
Join us at Nipple Rock this Saturday (9/9/2023) for the 3rd Annual Commemoration of Peehee Mu’huh Massacres
Good news, the Bureau of Land Management has extended the comment period for HiTech Minerals’ proposed expansion of lithium exploration in the McDermitt Caldera through the end of the business day on September 15th, 2023. Please submit your comments via email to BLM_OR_VL_LithiumHiTech@blm.gov
For more information about the proposed expansion please see our previous post.
The Oregon Natural Desert Association has put together a general guide to effective BLM comment submission here.
If you prefer in person learning please join us for the 3rd Annual Commemoration of Peehee Mu’huh Massacres at Nipple Rock on Saturday September 9th, 2023. We will have a comment writing help tent at the event.
The landscapes of the McDermitt Caldera are all significant to Native American Tribes. This is especially true for the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock. The Caldera holds many first foods, medicines, and hunting grounds for tribal people both past and present. The global search for lithium has become a form of ‘green’ colonialism. The people most connected to the land suffer while those severed from it benefit.
It’s time to write the Bureau of Land Management and let them know why you oppose lithium exploration in the Mcdermitt Caldera. Feel free to use the information shared in this post. At the same time, remember to make your comments your own, include your personal connections to the McDermitt Caldera. To submit your comment to the BLM via email copy and paste the following address: BLM_OR_VL_LithiumHiTech@blm.gov
