"Another hard day will begin in an hour at 5 am when more work trucks start coming. We could use backup, campers who want to support. We can’t do it alone."
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| Paiute and Shoshone elders and youths blocked a fuel truck on Thursday afternoon, as they protected the unmarked burial places of their ancestors massacred here. |
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Paiute and Shoshone elders and youths turned a fuel truck around, as they blockade the road and protect the Paiute Massacre Site from lithium mine construction, at 4 pm today, Thursday.
Video on YouTube: Second round with Sheriff's Department
Humboldt County Sheriffs Dept. Arrives -- Tells Paiute and Shoshone that it is illegal to block a public road: Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
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By Brenda Norrell
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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For the second time in a month, Paiute and Shoshone elders and youths are blocking construction with prayer. Elders are calling for people to "Come help us in a good way, stand up and be strong."
"We are where an important ceremony is happening today. We are in peaceful prayer," a Paiute elder said as the teepee went up early this morning at Peehee Mu'huh, Thacker Pass, where construction of an open-pit lithium mine is underway.
The teepee is symbolic to the Paiute people and Lakota people. "We're at this great place and this great home, and this great space is to put up something that represents us, prayer, peace and who we are as Native people."
"The canvas, the skin, comes from the east, our Lakota people, and the poles come from our Paiute Nation," she said.
"We are connected through the very sacred ceremony, the Ghost Dance."
"We are putting up our teepee and making a prayer, a peaceful prayer, to pray with our people."
"We are putting it right here, where they have made a scar, putting in their water pipeline."
"We are protecting our unmarked burials. Our ancestors were massacred here."
"We are making a mark to let our ancestors know we are here," she said, adding that the water must be protected from the demand for water by the lithium mine.
https://www.facebook.com/ProtectThackerPassEarly this morning, two Paiute spiritual leaders from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe — began a prayer for the water, the land, and future generations at Peehee Mu’huh, also known as Thacker Pass, where construction of an open-pit lithium mine is ongoing at a Northern Paiute sacred site.
"A teepee is going up blocking construction of the mine and supporters have begun to gather on-site. We ask you to please share this live stream, support the grassroots effort, and get involved. Thank you."
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