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| Hualapai's Ha'Kamwe Ceremonial Spring |
Federal Judge Halts Haaland's Runaway Train of Destruction of Native Sacred Places in Arizona
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 21, 2024
In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into Hualapai's Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for "green energy transition." A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for lithium with a temporary restraining order.
In a bizarre twist, attorneys for the U.S. government said an Australian company has to drill into Hualapai's Ceremonial Place because it is necessary for "green energy transition." A federal judge ruled otherwise and halted the drilling for lithium with a temporary restraining order.
The head of a Navajo tribal enterprise had already rushed in and agreed to head up the drilling into the sacred. On Monday, Hualapai defenders began an encampment to protect their sacred land and water.
U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order, and became the first judge to halt Biden and Haaland's runaway train of destruction, which includes granting mining permits at Native sacred places for lithium, and bulldozing Native historic villages and burial sites for wind energy -- in violation of federal laws.
The U.S. Justice Department wrote, "An injunction would not be in the public interest because the project is an important part of the United States' green energy transition."
In the usual scam of environmental impact statements, the U.S. government claimed the drilling would have "no significant impact" on Hualapai's Ceremonial Place and the Sacred Spring. Biden's Interior Department, headed by Deb Haaland, and her BLM issued the drilling permit to Australia's Hawkstone Energy, now calling itself Arizona Lithium.
The Hualapai Tribe is seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the drilling, pointing out that it violates the National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act.
The Ha’Kamwe' springs are on Hualapai land known as Cholla Canyon. There is archaeological evidence of the tribe’s presence there dating to 600 A.D.
“Today our people celebrate the granting of the temporary restraining order, but understand our fight is not over,” Hualapai Tribe Chairman Duane Clarke said in a statement Wednesday. “We will continue to bring awareness to the protection of our water.”
Meanwhile, Haaland is also being sued by the Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations for destruction of their ancient village sites, medicine gathering areas, and burial places in the San Pedro Valley in southern Arizona.
Bulldozers for SunZia transmission lines are destroying sacred and historic sites in violation of federal laws. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction. Pattern Energy plans to take wind energy from New Mexico to California.
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| At the camp to protect Ha'kam'we, Hualapai's Ceremonial Spring, Hualapai tell the Navajo Transitional Energy Company to go home. (Image: Hualapai video alert. Screenshot Censored News) |
In the fake green energy transition, the Navajo Transitional Energy Company signed an agreement with the Australian lithium company to head the drilling operation.
Federal Court Orders Freeze to Drilling on Hualapai Land in Arizona
by Earthjustice at Censored News
"A federal district court judge has granted a temporary restraining order sought by the Hualapai Tribe to freeze a lithium drilling operation that is endangering their lands, including a sacred medicinal spring called Ha’Kamwe’ in the Big Sandy River watershed. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice and Western Mining Action Project, sued the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management earlier this month, after the federal agencies approved a plan to drill over 100 holes reaching depths of 360 feet into the aquifer that feeds Ha’Kamwe’."
Lithium Project Temporarily Blocked on Native Sacred Lands in Arizona
by Associated Press
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