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

https://www.facebook.com/100057403867485/videos/pcb.1627668065823307/2107860556769676

"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!!"

"Please share and add more to the conversations out here. This is not only about data centers!! We are a growing community out here, standing up for indigenous rights!! Earth, water, wind and fire! Protect the rights of nature!!

Listen to Birdman describe the destruction on their ancestral land, where their people are buried. "This is a humanitarian crisis. They are going to ruin our water, ruin our land, ruin our air." Birdman said the BLM has been issuing permits before consulting with tribes, as is required. "Consultation is not an e-mail, consultation is not a letter, " he said.
Listen to more: https://www.facebook.com/Conrad.goodbird.701


In the news:

"Federal records anticipated potential harm to 313 historic properties. The unresolved question is whether site-specific notice, monitors and stop-work procedures reached West Wabuska before the blade did," reports w4news.

BLM approved Greenlink West after identifying potential adverse effects to 313 historic properties and adopting consultation, monitoring, discovery and NAGPRA procedures. Public reporting says earthwork near West Wabuska stopped after tribal participants raised cultural concerns, and KOLO reported that archaeologists inspected the area October 13. Federal and utility records also document major mining, land-transfer and large-load development pressure around Mason Valley.
https://w4news.org/greenlink-west-yerington-paiute-prayer-camp/

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