March 22, 2021
Quechan Running for the Sacred to Indian Pass
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| Photos by Helena Quintana Arrow-Weed, Quechan Censored News |
Running to protect sacred land and water from the threat of a gold mine at Indian Pass in the southern California desert, March 20, 2021.
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| Preston J. Arrow-weed, Quechan |
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| Preston J. Arrow-weed and Brian Golding preparing for the run to Indian Pass. |
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| Thomas Jefferson documenting the run. |
Photos copyright Helena Quintana Arrow-weed, published with permission at Censored News.
MOUNT RUSHMORE: All charges dropped against land defenders during Trump fireworks
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| An Indigenous woman raises her fist on July 3 in the Black Hills. Photo by Arlo Iron Cloud. |
MOUNT RUSHMORE: All charges dropped against land defenders during Trump visit
March 22, 2021
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RAPID CITY, South Dakota — Today, NDN Collective announced that the charges against Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO, and all other Land Defenders arrested on July 3 in the Black Hills will be dropped. This announcement comes after months of political pressure from grassroots groups, including petitions, social media campaigns, and local and national media coverage of the cases.
March 21, 2021
VANCOUVER BC: Activists occupy Lithium Americas in solidarity with Nevada land protectors
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| Thacker Pass Protection Camp photo by Western Shoshone Carl Bad Bear Sampson |
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| Photo by Illhee Spirit Runners |
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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.. |
Vancouver activists occupy Lithium Americas head office today
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| 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.
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