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| Prayer Horse Ride photo by David Calvert |
Prayer Horse Ride Prepares for Sacred Journey
Prayer Horse Ride's Fourth Annual March Ride Begins March 21st in Schurz, Nevada: Reconnecting and Revitalizing Traditional Ways of Life Threatened
by Destructive Mining Resource Extractions Supporting 'Green Energy' Transition
By Prayer Horse Ride, Censored News
SCHURZ, Nevada -- The Prayer Horse Ride is getting ready to begin our 4th annual sacred journey March 21st – April 2nd, across Nevada in the ancestral lands of the Numu (Paiute) and Newe (Shoshone), through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth, Nixon, Lovelock to McDermitt, and ending near Orovada, honoring Peehee Mu'huh (Thacker Pass in the McDermitt Caldera).
Those Riders, Walkers, and Runners carry the prayerful energy with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding water usage and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act concerns about lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and within the McDermitt Caldera.
The Ride also raises awareness of several Endangered Species in Fish Lake Valley (Tecopa Birds Beak, Tiehms Buckwheat, and Tui Chub), a place Newe gathered foods and medicines, held sacred ceremonies, and where a proposed lithium boron mine would violate the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
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| Prayer Horse Ride photo by David Calvert |
The Prayer Horse Ride shares information and stands with communities affected by existing and new copper mining in the Pine Nut Hills, a holy place known to the Numu where they collect medicine foods and where there are significant cultural sites.
“We do not sell our Mother Earth or profit off of her, Mother Earth is here to take care of us and teach us our natural ways of Life! I pray we all stand to protect our Mother,” says Josh Dini, Sr, a member of Walker River Paiute Tribe, water protector and Prayer Horse Rider, and a member of American Indian Movement Northern Nevada.
Numu and Newe in the Great Basin and McDermitt Caldera are experiencing fast-tracked mining and industrial development to support "green energy," and are threatened by ecologically and sociologically destructive resource extraction processes, most notably, lithium and copper mining, in areas in proximity to or within communities, reservations and land trusts, and sacred sit es. Heavy metals extraction poisons lands, air, and water.
Numu and Newe in the Great Basin and McDermitt Caldera are experiencing fast-tracked mining and industrial development to support "green energy," and are threatened by ecologically and sociologically destructive resource extraction processes, most notably, lithium and copper mining, in areas in proximity to or within communities, reservations and land trusts, and sacred sit es. Heavy metals extraction poisons lands, air, and water.
Sacred sites for ceremony, where ancestors are buried, where medicines grow, and where lifecycles are anchored, are destroyed. Mining companies cause division within communities. The Ride serves to revitalize and restore cultural identity, languages, creativity, ceremony, and supportive lifeways, bringing the People to heal together.
"We ride in honor of the people on the land before extraction industries, past - present - and future. Life Over Lithium. Here in Nevada we have places important to the indigenous culture that are considered America's sacrifice zones in search of "green energy."
"We ride in honor of the people on the land before extraction industries, past - present - and future. Life Over Lithium. Here in Nevada we have places important to the indigenous culture that are considered America's sacrifice zones in search of "green energy."
We are Paiute and Shoshone allied with many of the federally recognized tribes in Nevada. We lead this prayer for Mother Earth," says Gary McKinney, a Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute, water protector and Prayer Horse Rider, People of Red Mountain spokesperson, AIM Northern Nevada council member, and SIRGE Coalition Steering Committee member.
The Ride is also in honor and remembrance of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives in the Great Basin. Violence is perpetuated against the People at higher rates than any other demographic in Turtle Island, especially in mining and industrialized regions, with little state and no federal legislation to improve reporting mechanisms or increase inter-agency collaboration to locate missing or murdered Relatives.
The Ride brings awareness to mental health care in Numu and Newe communities. The loss of Elders’ knowledge through the devastating legacy of government boarding schools and the loss of connection with traditional lifeways and ceremonies, have caused waves of grief, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide.
The Prayer Horse Ride will visit Original Peoples’ Great Basin communities affected by these issues including Walker River Paiute Tribe, Yerington Paiute Tribe, Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Lovelock Paiute Tribe, and Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. As Riders, Walkers, and Runners reach each community, they may share meals, engage in ceremony, share stories and songs, and teach and learn traditional arts, bringing the communities together to celebrate and remember the traditional ways.
About Prayer Horse Ride: Established in 2022 to honor the late Myron Dewey, Water Protector, Paiute Shoshone journalist, professor, and drone pilot, and to continue Prayers for cultural sites like Peehee Mu'huh (Thacker Pass), we are an Original Peoples -- led prayer and community service organization that advocates for our Peoples’ communities, to protect what we have left and to raise your awareness to what our communities face, and most importantly, in gathering tribes back together to stand in Unity, not by separation.
The Ride is also in honor and remembrance of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives in the Great Basin. Violence is perpetuated against the People at higher rates than any other demographic in Turtle Island, especially in mining and industrialized regions, with little state and no federal legislation to improve reporting mechanisms or increase inter-agency collaboration to locate missing or murdered Relatives.
The Ride brings awareness to mental health care in Numu and Newe communities. The loss of Elders’ knowledge through the devastating legacy of government boarding schools and the loss of connection with traditional lifeways and ceremonies, have caused waves of grief, alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide.
The Prayer Horse Ride will visit Original Peoples’ Great Basin communities affected by these issues including Walker River Paiute Tribe, Yerington Paiute Tribe, Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Lovelock Paiute Tribe, and Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. As Riders, Walkers, and Runners reach each community, they may share meals, engage in ceremony, share stories and songs, and teach and learn traditional arts, bringing the communities together to celebrate and remember the traditional ways.
About Prayer Horse Ride: Established in 2022 to honor the late Myron Dewey, Water Protector, Paiute Shoshone journalist, professor, and drone pilot, and to continue Prayers for cultural sites like Peehee Mu'huh (Thacker Pass), we are an Original Peoples -- led prayer and community service organization that advocates for our Peoples’ communities, to protect what we have left and to raise your awareness to what our communities face, and most importantly, in gathering tribes back together to stand in Unity, not by separation.
"We'll continue this ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Prayer, Healing, Awareness, and Unity."
Please contact us if you have any questions, or wish to schedule an interview. Thank you, pesa u,
Prayer Horse Media Liaison
media@PrayerHorse.org
PrayerHorse.org
We continue to ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Prayer, Healing, Awareness, and Unity, to Protect our Freedom of religion, Sacred lands of the Great Basin, across Turtle Island, and our People.
Please contact us if you have any questions, or wish to schedule an interview. Thank you, pesa u,
Prayer Horse Media Liaison
media@PrayerHorse.org
PrayerHorse.org
We continue to ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Prayer, Healing, Awareness, and Unity, to Protect our Freedom of religion, Sacred lands of the Great Basin, across Turtle Island, and our People.
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