Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

July 7, 2023

Ash Meadows: Biden and Haaland's Runaway Train -- Destroying Nevada with Lithium Mining by Foreign Corporations



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Lawsuit Targets Mine Drilling at Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Drilling Threatens Dozens of Species Including Endangered Pupfish

Biden--Interior Deb Haaland--BLM Runaway Train -- Destroying Nevada for Lithium Mining by Foreign Corporations. Now, another lithium mine is targeting a pristine wilderness area. It is in southern Nye County, the same county where Paiute Journalist Myron Dewey was killed when a truck pulled into his lane. Myron was battling the Fallon bombing range, and lithium mining. Ash Meadows is near Las Vegas, Nevada. -- Censored News.

By the Center for Biological Diversity
Censored News
July 7, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Nev.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management today challenging the agency’s approval of exploratory mineral drilling near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Rover Metals, a Canadian mining exploration company, has proposed drilling 30 boreholes on public lands just north of Ash Meadows to conduct exploration for a possible lithium mine. Some of the proposed drill sites are less than 2,000 feet from springs in the refuge that form critical habitat for endangered pupfish and other endangered and endemic species.

July 5, 2023

Mohawk Nation News -- Two Row Times 'And so the people are afraid'

TWO ROW TIMES: “AND SO THE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID”



By Mohawk Nation News

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2023/07/05/two-row-times-and-so-the-people-are-afraid/

 MNN. Wed. July 5, 2023. This is a discussion with the men’s fire about standing up to the HCCC [Haudenosaunee Council of Chiefs] and HDI [Haudenosaunee Development Insttute] which are private incorporated companies. This is the intervention by the men’s fire against HDI and HCCC to settle all the Ontario and Canada land claims by Canada. They did not ask the people if they could do this because they know all the land is not for sale. The onkwehonweh [natural people of creation] have been given all the land of Turtle Island. The people discussed the responsibilities under the kaiaerekowa of each and every one of us.  

Today: Water Justice and Salmon Day of Action -- California Capital in Sacramento




Day of Action for Water Justice & Salmon 
Restore Our Rivers for Tribes, Communities, and the Environment

Coalition Statement -- Censored News

SACRAMENTO, California – California tribes, fishing, conservation, and environmental justice organizations are rallying at the State Capitol today for everyone who depends on healthy rivers and estuaries as a public trust resource.

This daylong event includes a press conference and rally on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento calling for healthy rivers and a healthy estuary, and lobbying in support of current legislation that puts California on the path to a sustainable water future. The coalition asked Governor Newsom to reform California's water rights system and set instream flows to save salmon and the communities who depend on them.

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July 4, 2023

'March Toward Justice' in Rapid City


'March Toward Justice' in Rapid City, South Dakota. The demands include a civil rights investigation into Rapid City Police Department and Pennington County Sheriff's Department, the release of body cams of recent police murders of Native people, the halt to abuse and theft of children by social services, and the halt to the 'school to prison pipeline' for Native people. "We are walking in prayer with our relatives," said one Lakota calling for justice for relatives. Lakota were joined by Native people from as far away as Canada. Time 6:20 pm local time, July 4, 2023.