March to Protect Thacker Pass from Lithium Mine, Court Case in Reno Jan. 5, 2023

Protect Paiute Massacre Site Peehee Mu'huh

Update: Live!

Reno-Sparks Indian Community Statement

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Video and photos of Reno March to Courthouse

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RENO, Nevada -- A march to protect the Paiute Massacre Site from lithium mining will be underway on Thursday before a coalition begins oral arguments in court.

Michon Eben, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer at Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, said the site is incredibly important to Native American history.

“Peehee Mu’huh is a sacred place where our ancestors lived and died. We still go there to pray, gather food and medicine, hunt, and teach our youth about the history of our people.”

Arlan Melendez, Chairman of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, understands the importance of battle and massacre sites.

“As tribal leaders, it’s our responsibility to protect and honor our sacred places,” says Melendez. “Throughout US history, tribes have always been set up to lose in the US legal system against BLM. This Lithium Mine stands in the way of our roots and it’s violating the religious freedoms of our elders, our people.”

The Money Pump -- Non-Profits in Indian Country: Fraud, Secrecy and Deep Deception

Iron Eyes Cody, an Italian who masqueraded as an Indian, and Princess Pale Moon, both were exposed as frauds. They were part of the non-profit American Indian Heritage Foundation television commercials before the non-profit was shut down. It solicited both cash and land in its "Give the land back to the Indians" campaign. (Photo Iron Eyes Cody presents President Jimmy Carter with a headdress on April 21, 1978. Photo courtesy of Peter Bregg/Associated Press)

The Money Pump -- Non-Profits in Indian Country: Fraud, Secrecy and Deep Deception

Censored News spent months looking at the tax records of non-profits in Indian country. Here's what we found: The non-profit structure puts lots of money into the pockets of a few. We've updated our article with more documents and Standing Rock Nation's ban on two non-profits.

By Brenda Norrell

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Updated May 3, 2023

The average income in Indian country is $40,000.

The average salary of an executive director at a non-profit in Indian country is $100,000 to $200,000, with more money being funneled to family members. The annual salaries at non-profits in Indian country are as high as $1.2 million for executives.

Many executive directors of non-profits in Indian country have been playing poor, especially when grassroots groups asked for funding. Now, their tax documents are online and reveal that many receive millions of dollars in grants and donations each year.

The tax records show CEOs and executive directors giving themselves lavish salaries and expense accounts. In some cases, the CEOs are non-Indians, and in other cases they are frauds. Some have suddenly become Cherokee, Yaqui or Apache.

The Exploitation of O'odham Sacred Lifeways

Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham elder, said non-profits are exploiting the sacred.

Enticed by Wealth, the Media is Complicit in the Crimes of Corporations in Indian Country

Israel's Elbit Systems surveillance on Arizona border. Hualapai's Sacred Spring is targeted for lithium mining. Paiute and Shoshone walk for the protection of Thacker Pass from lithium mining. Oil and gas wells of the Three Affiliated Tribes in North Dakota are number 5 in the world producing poisonous gases. Anadarko, Oklahoma, oil and gas wells are number 7 in the world.

Enticed by wealth and self-glory -- the media, corrupt tribal governments, and self-dealing non-profits operate a vacuum for  truth, violating the sacred places of origin

By Brenda Norrell

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The sacred places hold mysteries and are repositories of precious metals and minerals. While Native elders warn of the responsibility to protect the sacred, the media has become increasingly complicit in the crimes of corrupt tribal governments and self-dealing non-profits.

Today, it was announced that the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation in North Dakota is buying property in Las Vegas. What is not mentioned is that their Bakken oil and gas wells are now fifth in the world producing poisonous gases which cause climate change and respiratory illnesses.

Poisoning the air is not the only thing that the oil and gas industry of the Three Affiliated Tribes, Fort Berthold, in North Dakota is responsible for.

Winnemucca Paiute and Shoshone Remain Evicted from Homes -- Denied Justice by Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals

Paiute and Shoshone Elderly and Disabled Remain Evicted from their Homes by the Disputed Tribal Council

Inter-Tribal Court of Appeals of Nevada Denies Request For Stay

Water Protector Legal Collective
Sandra Freeman, Staff Attorney

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Nevada Protector Legal Services
Alexandra Rawlings, Directing Attorney, Indian Law Project and Farmworker Project
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December 29, 2022

WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY, Paiute and Shoshone lands, Nevada, U.S.A — After the Winnemucca Tribal Court summarily evicted the Elders and other Residents without a trial and banished several others on December 2, 2022, the Intertribal Court of Appeals of Nevada (ITCAN) heard oral arguments from attorneys from ​​Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) and Nevada Legal Services (NLS) requesting to stay the eviction and banishment orders entered at summary judgment by the tribal court, and set the matter for a hearing on December 15, 2022.