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Milo Dide<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithium</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a><br><a href="https://view.takeaction.hrw.org/?qs=a7540514ec55cda849e795f95cadef94648ba6a5b4780da11a518eee4d1375c622c55856bd166b2bc1a34587db3247fc13a25ea2e13d5ab27c2c29e4d8b9b564d441725676fd83b3a71d7ddc08b77979" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">view.takeaction.hrw.org/?qs=a7</span><span class="invisible">540514ec55cda849e795f95cadef94648ba6a5b4780da11a518eee4d1375c622c55856bd166b2bc1a34587db3247fc13a25ea2e13d5ab27c2c29e4d8b9b564d441725676fd83b3a71d7ddc08b77979</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ha'Kamwe' Background information from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a>!</p><p>"Ha’Kamwe’ is a naturally occurring hot spring in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a> basin where the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mojave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mojave</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sonoran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonoran</span></a> deserts meet in what is now known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>. Ha’Kamwe’ is a sacred healing place for the Hualapai Tribe. This important cultural and ecological site is threatened by a proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a>, as a subsidiary of the Australian company Hawkstone Mining Ltd. seeks permission to explore and drill on three sides of the spring, which would destroy cultural sites and block access to the oasis for desert <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>. Visiting the site with a reporter from the Phoenix New Times, Hualapai Tribe Director of Natural Resources, Richard Powskey, said, 'This spring is a place for healing and medicine and other things that they have here. Our people are buried all through here. There’s a grave just on the other side of this hill right here.'"</p><p>[...]</p><p>"At a Wikieup community information session in 2021 many of the 100 attendees were concerned that the proposed mine would drain too much water from this already drought-prone area. Caretaker Ivan Bender feels that the waterflow of the well that feeds Ha’Kamwe’ has already decreased due to the company’s drilling. There is a dispute between the company, the Tribe, and local ranchers regarding how shallow the water table is, with those who live in the area concerned that drilling could easily puncture the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquifer</span></a>.</p><p>"In the early 2000s a power plant was proposed in the area and though it was never built the Environmental Impact Statement for that project found 'the discharge from Cofer Hot Spring would be reduced, and possibly cease, as a result of groundwater withdrawal from the volcanic aquifer.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HulapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HulapaiTribe</span></a> is concerned the proposed lithium exploration activity would deplete the spring as well.</p><p>"In April of 2021 the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> Tribe passed a resolution against the mine. 'The Hualapai Tribal Council strongly objects to any further permitting of surface or subsurface disturbances within the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandyValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandyValley</span></a> Lithium mining claim area, which will result in devastating impacts to significant cultural and spiritual resources; will threaten long-term tribal water rights and quality; will cause irreparable harm to the Tribe’s ability to continue cultural activities and to pursue economic development of Cholla Canyon Ranch, and will result in long term ecological destruction of a fragile desert environment, including plant and animal species with cultural significance. Further, should an open pit mine ever be permitted, it would create enormous public health issues caused by pollution, dust, noise, and overall safety concerns caused by having such a mine immediately adjacent to Hualapai land, as well as severe visual impacts.'</p><p>"The Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, an association of 21 tribal governments in Arizona, which provides a forum for tribal governments to advocate for national and regional tribal concerns and to join in united action to address issues, passed a similar resolution.</p><p>"The Hualapai Tribe is demanding that the BLM develop a full Environmental Impact Statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. This would require a thorough examination of issues protected by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. The Tribe asserts that these concerns were not adequately addressed in the published Environmental Assessment: “The BLM’s position as indicated in the EA implies that academically-based western science approaches to research take precedence over traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> knowledge. This position is unacceptable and is not in keeping with the requirement to make a good faith effort to identify cultural resources.'</p><p>"In January 2023, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthjustice</span></a> collected and submitted 31,671 letters demanding the BLM conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement. </p><p>What You Can Do</p><p>"Sign up to support The Campaign to Protect Ha’Kamwe’ and follow the issue."</p><p>Learn more:<br><a href="https://sacredland.org/hakamwe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sacredland.org/hakamwe/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HulapaiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HulapaiNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WikieupArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikieupArizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>If <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a> were a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> sacred site, we know how certain <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> judges would vote.</p><p>Solidarity with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> all the way to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSupremeCourt</span></a></p><p>After several legal hurdles, the Apache Stronghold will file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in a final effort to protect the sacred land of Oak Flat</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleIsland</span></a> Solidarity Network<br>May 20, 2024 </p><p>"For nearly a decade, Apache Stronghold has been fighting in federal court to preserve the heart of their spiritual practices: Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat). The equivalent of Notre Dame or the Temple on the Mount, Oak Flat is a sacred site threatened with destruction by the bottomless hunger of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> in the guise of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResolutionCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionCopper</span></a>, which promises to turn the vaulted arches of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oak</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/juniper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juniper</span></a> into a two-mile sinkhole. </p><p>"On 14 May 2024, Apache Stronghold’s tireless march for justice via the legal system turned on to the final approach, when the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to re-hear the en banc arguments before the entire bench of 29 judges. The next and final stage will be filing an appeal before the United States Supreme Court later this summer. </p><p>"CPT stands with Apache Stronghold and the next leg in this quest to make the United States recognize the truth: that Oak Flat is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a>. As sacred land, Oak Flat is part of the delicate and resilient web of relationships between soil and stone, water and wind that make this biosphere a home for all our relations. For all our sakes, Oak Flat must be protected. </p><p>"Please continue your support for and solidarity with Apache Stronghold through prayer, and action including signing this petition [link below] and organizing groups to sign amicus briefs committing to support Oak Flat and all sacred sites.</p><p>"CPT has been accompanying Apache Stronghold since May 2023 in prayer and action to protect Oak Flat.</p><p>"Oak Flat is under threat from the mining corporation Resolution Copper (a wholly owned subsidiary of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BHP</span></a>). In 2014, legislation in the United States Congress laid out a plan for a land transfer to give the area to Resolution Copper. While the legislation requires an Environmental Impact Statement before the land transfer, it allows Resolution Copper to do whatever it wants and exempts them from environmental regulation.</p><p>Resolution Copper plans an underground mining technique (“block cave”) that would turn this sacred site into a two-mile wide 1,000-foot crater and destroy it. Even though the land transfer has not yet taken place, Resolution Copper has already begun '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dewatering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dewatering</span></a>' which removes the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> from shafts they drilled into the earth from property they already own. This endangers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakTrees</span></a> and other plants that depend on groundwater to survive."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://cpt.org/2024/05/20/solidarity-with-apache-stronghold-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cpt.org/2024/05/20/solidarity-</span><span class="invisible">with-apache-stronghold-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court</span></a><br> <br>Link to petition:<br><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/i-support-oak-flat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/petitions/i-</span><span class="invisible">support-oak-flat</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChichilBi%C5%82dagoteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChichilBiłdagoteel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in labor history April 30, 1871: A mob massacred more than 100 Apaches at Camp Grant, Arizona. The mob included 48 Mexican Americans and 92 Tohono O’odham. Most of the Apaches that were killed were women and children. The Apaches had already surrendered and placed themselves under U.S. protection when the attack occurred. As a result, the Apache, and their Yavapai allies, launched a series of attacks against the U.S. Their attacks continued into 1875. Descendants of those massacred are currently fighting against Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to block mining on the massacre site—the third largest copper deposit in the world. John McCain and Jeff Flake authored the legislation that opened the site to mining. Seventh-day Adventists, the Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute, Mormans, the Christian Legal Society, Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, and the Sikh Coalition, have joined together to support the Apache and filed legal briefs for them. Rio Tinto is responsible for some of the worst environmental devastation on the planet, union busting, and for the mass murder of indigenous environmental and labor activists around the world. They also have a history of collaborating with fascists, including Franco, in Spain. As recently as March, 2024, the federal courts have ruled in favor of Rio Tinto, allowing them to mine the sacred Apache land.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apache</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nativeamerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativeamerican</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sacredland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sacredland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>An example of the excellent reporting done by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>! </p><p>[Photos] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> Run to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> Capitol to Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacred</span></a> Spring from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a></p><p>March 21, 2024</p><p>"Journey to the State Capitol to protect Ha’Kamwe', a sacred medicinal spring, from lithium mining in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WikieupArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikieupArizona</span></a>.<br>Hualapai tribal members, local community members, and allies are working to prevent further exploration drilling for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyLithiumProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyLithiumProject</span></a> that would desecrate Ha’Kamwe’ and the ancestral homelands of the Hualapai people.</p><p>"'Hualapai are fighting to save the spring. An Australian company on the hunt for lithium is drilling exploratory holes deep underground, in some cases just yards away from Ha’Kamwe’. In recent months, the water level of the spring has been dropping, according to Hualapai leaders, amid the continuous drilling."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/03/hualapai-run-to-arizona-capitol-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/03</span><span class="invisible">/hualapai-run-to-arizona-capitol-to.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://earthjustice.org/article/lithium-mining-threatens-arizona-tribes-sacred-spring" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">earthjustice.org/article/lithi</span><span class="invisible">um-mining-threatens-arizona-tribes-sacred-spring</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EarthDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kwanamii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kwanamii</span></a> Spirit Run: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Quechan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quechan</span></a> Running to Save <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMining</span></a></p><p>The Kwanamii Spirit Run honors today the resilient pride of the Quechan, as they run to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OroCruz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OroCruz</span></a> for no gold mining</p><p>By Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>January 27, 2024</p><p>"The Oro Cruz <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMine</span></a> is projected to begin mining on our Sacred Land. This will result in digging huge open pits, which would forever destroy our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArchaeologicalSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArchaeologicalSites</span></a>, contaminate water and contribute to the destruction of our vital <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyanide</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> are regularly released into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>." -- Quechan.</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/01/kwanamii-spirit-run-quechan-running-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/01</span><span class="invisible">/kwanamii-spirit-run-quechan-running-to.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a></p>
LesleyDee 🏳️‍🌈<p>Gouldian Finch habitat bulldozed for Defence housing?</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/43kI9Yf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/43kI9Yf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThreatenedSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatenedSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HabitatLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatLoss</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Ten years later, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSupremeCourt</span></a> ruled that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MountRushmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountRushmore</span></a> and the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHills</span></a> had indeed been stolen, saying “A more ripe and rank case of dishonorable dealings will never…be found in our history.” They awarded the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sioux</span></a> $105 millions in damages, but the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tribes</span></a> refused the payment. Why? Because this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a> is theirs—and it’s not for sale.</p><p>7/</p>