Honor the Ancestors
The 3rd annual commemoration of Peehee Mu’huh massacres is set to wrap up this summer with camping at Nipple Rock September 9th-10th. Mark your calendar and make a plan to attend for a weekend of remembrance and prayer.
Let’s Talk About Lithium Mining
Curious about lithium mining in the McDermitt Caldera? Whether you have questions and concerns or you would just like to know more about the proposed projects, please join People of Red Mountain at McDermitt Community Hall on Thursday July 20th from 5-7:30pm. Free food and raffle will be provided!
PRM and Peehee Mu’huh in the News
While Peehee Mu’huh and the ancestors resting there are being disturbed by Lithium Nevada, People of Red Mountain continue working to protect them.
Recent articles from NPR and the AP highlight PRM members and the ongoing fight to protect Peehee Mu’huh. Please click the links to read the articles.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing earlier this week in Pasadena, CA! Our presence there inspired the lawyers representing our interests and helped us bring our concerns to the broader public.
General Motors Caught Greenwashing
GM would like you to think that they are leading the way to a clean, green, electric future. Really, they’re attempting to improve their social credit score through greenwashing while changing little about their business practices. Read about GM’s roll at Thacker Pass and more here:
Legacies of Contamination in Owyhee
In the final post from Volume 01 of Running on Sagebrush Time Jessica Hill dives into the legacy of contaminated water in the community of Owyhee. Please click the read more button below to view all 5 pages of the article. Also, to learn more about the challenges facing Owyhee, please join People of Red Mountain for a community event on Monday, June 19th.
Peehee Mu’huh Appeals
Join People of Red Mountain in showing your support for Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass) in Pasadena, California at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday June 27th at 7am!
Owyhee Community Event
Please come join People of Red Mountain in Owyhee for an educational event on June 19th, 2023.
Jindalee and the Oregon Side
Global capitalists are never satisfied. Not only are Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock lands being threatened by the Canadian corporation Lithium Americas at Thacker Pass. An Australian company by the name of Jindalee Resources is pushing to exploit the land surrounding McDermitt Creek just north of the Oregon border. Anne White describes the situation in this section from Running on Sagebrush Time.
A Call For Solidarity
Call for Solidarity; Indigenous group seeks response from General Motors regarding human rights issues at Thacker Pass.
People of Red Mountain (PRM), is an Indigenous grassroots organization that was formed to protect the sacred site, Peehee Mu’huh – Thacker Pass. People of Red Mountain has raised significant and urgent concerns regarding human, religious, and Indigenous Peoples rights violations by the proposed mine.
In January of 2023, General Motors provided a $650 million joint Equity Investment and Supply Agreement with Lithium Americas to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine at Peehee Mu’huh in Nevada. The SIRGE Coalition and People of Red Mountain prepared a letter to GM highlighting the company’s social policies and requesting a meeting on the human rights implications of this investment. We sent the letter in early March, but have not received a response. Currently, we are asking organizations and investors that support Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock human rights to reach out to their contacts at GM, and request that the company respond to the letter.
Click on the link to see the letter that was sent in regards to General Motors’ recent $650 million joint Equity Investment and Supply Agreement with Lithium Americas to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine at Peehee Mu’huh in Nevada.
Nevada Mining, Politics, and MMIW
Mining isn’t pretty, nor are the politics that push communities into dangerous situations as a result. Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced a bill that would make the 1872 Mining Act even worse. Relating to Thacker Pass, her bill (The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act) would ensure that Lithium Americas could dump their mining waste on the homelands of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock people. The bill would also allow for man camps near reservations. Man camps are an unacceptable threat to indigenous communities like Fort McDermitt. Please take a moment to sign this petition urging Nevada’s Senators to think twice about pushing a bill which would bring irreparable harm to the people and the environment.
Further information about the bill put together by Earthjustice…
