Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 21, 2021

VANCOUVER BC: Activists occupy Lithium Americas in solidarity with Nevada land protectors

Thacker Pass Protection Camp photo by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson
Photo by Illhee Spirit Runners 

Protect Thacker Pass -- On Friday, March 19, 2021, members of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Nation and other Native People finished a 273-mile prayer walk at Thacker Pass. The prayer walk concluded with ceremony and prayers for Thacker Pass and all exploited lands around the world. Many members of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribe oppose the proposed Thacker Pass open-pit lithium mine and feel like they were never offered adequate consultation about the mine. Locally, people are also concerned about man camps and the inevitable violence against women that follows mining projects such as these.

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Vancouver activists occupy Lithium Americas head office today

Protecting Thacker Pass today in Vancouver BC.


By Protect Thacker Pass
Censored News
Monday, March 22, 2012

VANCOUVER, BC — Activists are occupying the front steps of Lithium Americas’ head office at 900 West Hastings on Monday, March 22nd from 8:00 am in solidarity with American counterparts aiming to stop an open-pit mine in intact sagebrush habitat in Nevada.
 
“We want to make the public aware that lithium mining is extremely harmful to nature and even though lithium is an element destined for smartphones and electric cars, its extraction is the opposite of sustainable,” explains Nicola Rodriguez of Surrey.

March 18, 2021

Seven Water Protectors Lock Down at Enbridge Line 3 in Minnesota today, March 18, 2021


Water Protectors Blockade Line 3 Pump Station

By GINIW Collective
Censored News
March 18, 2021
Contact: giniw@protonmail.com
SWATARA, Minn. -- Today, Thursday morning, seven water protectors are locked to each other, blocking work on an Enbridge Line 3 pump station.
Enbridge announced it will be ceasing work in sensitive wetland areas per Minnesota law, but will continue work on pump stations and sites in “non-sensitive areas”. A steady stream of water protectors committed to stand with Anishinaabe treaty territory and future generations grows.

March 17, 2021

Dakota Access Pipeline sues TigerSwan, wants Standing Rock spy documents concealed and destroyed







By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

In a twist of events, Energy Transfer Partners sued TigerSwan after TigerSwan released confidential documents to the North Dakota regulatory board.

TigerSwan, contracted mercenaries in warzones, was under probe for operating without a license in North Dakota when it spied on Standing Rock Water Protectors.

The Dakota Access Pipeline wants these documents sealed up, destroyed, and kept from the public.