Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 18, 2026

Yerington Paiute Shut Down Data Center's Heavy Equipment while Protecting Paiute Sacred Land

Yerington Paiute Shut Down Data Center's Heavy Equipment while Protecting Paiute Sacred Land

 With their own voices
"Consultation is not an e-mail, consultation is not a letter." -- Birdman. Data centers are a humanitarian crisis. 


"Day 19 comes to a fading sunset. We’re still here holding it down. Prayers for the land and water! Unci Maka!! Mni Wiconi!! Wopida Tanka" -- Hoka Wicasa

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"Day 17 of the shut down out here on Wabuska Substation for the data center near the Paiute Tribe. We have this locked down for another thirty days but work is still in progress around us."

"I know this is one battle in this no data centers war!! Imagine a huge line going thru the land stopping migration patterns and the bird sanctuary in within a mile of this pad!!"