Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

August 11, 2024

Join Apache Stronghold, on the Prayer Journey to Supreme Court, in Phoenix, Aug. 15, 2024

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PBS at Oak Flat: "Wendsler Nosie Sr. These kinds of places shouldn't be lost, because if it's lost, is lost forever and it will never come back."




On the Journey to Supreme Court, at Peehee Mu'huh, People of Prayer Locked Out


 
On the Prayer Journey to the Supreme Court, Apache found the gates locked to people of prayer at the Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada. The Canadian company Lithium Americas is digging into the Paiute Massacre Site for lithium, in violation of federal laws. The foreign company is enabled by a permit from the U.S. government and supported by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. -- Censored News.
Read more: https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/apache-stronghold-at-peehee-muhuh.html

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In Argentina, and the rest of the lithium triangle, the fight to protect the homelands and water from mining is a life and death struggle. "It is looting. It is plundering and irreversible damage to the Mother Earth." PBS shares the struggle.

New at PBS: The Mineral Mining Boom Endangers Indigenous Communities Worldwide

"Minerals extracted from the earth help power many of our devices, from computers to car batteries. But what about the communities whose land is at the center of acquiring these minerals? Ali Rogin reports on the fight between companies seeking minerals from these lands and the Indigenous tribes fighting to preserve them."



In Chile, the information on the permits for lithium mining is rarely translated into Indigenous languages -- so the people are never informed, PBS reports from the lithium triangle.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-mineral-mining-boom-endangers-indigenous-communities-worldwide

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