Protect Ha'Kamwe' Stop Big Sandy Lithium Mine Phoenix Courthouse Sept. 17, 2024

Zoe Perry, left, and Loveena Watahomiegie, right, as they join other members of the Hualapai Tribe while marching in front of U.S. District Court as they gathered to try to persuade a federal judge to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near tribal lands Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

US judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling

PHOENIX (AP) — "Members of an Arizona tribe urged a federal judge Tuesday to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.

"The judge indicated she wouldn’t decide for more than a week whether to grant the tribe’s request or lift a temporary restraining order she issued last month."

https://apnews.com/article/lithium-mine-arizona-tribe-lawsuit-sacred-lands-dd8d445aadc23f8483992ea7b47e18e2

Journey for Justice for Hickory Ground, Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 25, 2024

By Justice for Hickory Ground

It’s been over two decades since our ancestors were dug up from Hickory Ground, and their remains are still kept in plastic bins and boxes on shelves.

On Tuesday, September 25, we are asking the Court to simply allow our claims to be heard in a court of law. We continue to fight for justice for the desecration of our sacred and ceremonial ground.

https://www.facebook.com/justiceforhickoryground

Defending the Ancestors, Censored News

Photo by Movement Rights

Defending the Ancestors

Phillip Deere Round House, Convening of Four Winds, Mvskoke, Oklahoma, Censored News

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/defending-ancestors-voices-from-phillip.html

Defending the Ancestors, Voices from Phillip Deere Round House

Movement Rights said, "We opened with the history of the Phillip Deere Round House from Bonnie Deere (Mvskoke). We are grateful to share this space for the Convening of the Four Winds and learn of what this space was created for and continues to be a place for the Mvskoke community. We gather here to be in ceremony, build strategy to protect indigenous lands, and defend the Rights of Nature."

Photo courtesy Movement Rights

Defending the Ancestors, Voices from Phillip Deere Round House

Update: March for Justice to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, at dawn, as oral arguments begin on Sept. 25, 2024

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Sept. 7, 2024

OKEMAH, Oklahoma -- The ancestors who were left behind, fleeing for safety, were  buried in Alabama, when the Mvskoke were forced on the cruel Trail of Tears. Today, speaking at the Phillip Deere Round House in Oklahoma, Muscogee Creek described how it is all about the money these days for those who dug up the ancestors and handled them in a disrespectful way to build a casino.

Mvskoke Samuel 'Bonnie' Deere, son of Phillip Deere, spoke on the creation of the Phillip Deere Round House, and the devastation of 57 Mvskoke ancestors who were  dug up in Alabama for a casino.

Apache Stronghold Asks Supreme Court to Save Oak Flat

Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Apache Stronghold, at Supreme Court.

Apache Stronghold Asks Supreme Court to Save Oak Flat

By Becket Law, Censored News, Sept. 11, 2024

WASHINGTON – A coalition of Western Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies asked the Supreme Court today to protect their sacred site at Oak Flat from destruction by a multinational mining giant. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to stop the federal government from transferring Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a foreign-owned mining company that plans to turn the site into a massive mining crater, ending Apache religious practices forever (Watch this short video to learn more). The Apaches and their allies hosted a day of prayer outside the Court as they asked the Justices to save the spiritual lifeblood of their people.