Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu, the People of Red Mountain. Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. We invite all people with good hearts to join us at our protection camp on the proposed mine site, and help us stop the greenwashing!
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Latest updates from the blog
ACTION ALERT! Supporters, we need your help
🆘 ACTION ALERT 🆘 The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin destroying the sacred land and critical wildlife habitat of Thacker Pass very soon. They are planning to send "professional archeologists" into Thacker Pass very soon to conduct government-sanctioned...
What we mean when we say “massacre”
What we mean when we say “massacre” (Reflecting on the September 12, 1865 Thacker Pass Massacre) Words can, of course, be dangerous. That’s why we keep some words tightly wrapped and shoved into the darkest, coldest corners of our minds. We stuff the realest meanings...
Realities from the frontlines of lithium extraction
On September 21, 2021 Yes to Life, No to Mining Network's Lithium Working Group presented the their first Communique—On the Frontlines of Lithium Mining—in a press conference covering: Why expanding mining will not solve the climate crisis. How lithium extraction is...
Photos from Thacker Pass
