Open Letter to Secretary Haaland

Open Letter to Secretary Haaland

by | Sep 7, 2021 | Resistance Updates

Dear Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, My name is Daranda Hinkey and I am a part of the People of Red Mountain, a group of fourteen Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone tribal descendants who are against the Lithium Americas/Lithium Nevada’s Thacker Pass Lithium...
The Lust for Money

The Lust for Money

by | Sep 3, 2021 | Project updates, Reflection

Earlier today, Judge Miranda Du rejected requests from the Reno-Sparks Indian Tribe, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu/People of Red Mountain to put an emergency halt on planned archeological digging for the Thacker Pass lithium mine. As I watch Lithium...
Are you willing to give a child cancer for a job?

Are you willing to give a child cancer for a job?

by | Sep 2, 2021 | Reflection

Lithium Nevada and supporters of the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine project love to claim that the mine will bring jobs to the area. This may be true. But, even if it is true, the mine will also bring more air, water, and soil pollution. The mine will also lead to...
Peehee Mu’huh speaks

Peehee Mu’huh speaks

by | Sep 1, 2021 | Reflection

By Daranda Hinkey For This Is Reno, August 31, 2021 I look over Peehee Mu’huh, a vast land of sagebrush that has been taken care of by the Paiute and Shoshone since time immemorial. The heat is settling in at Peehee Mu’huh Camp, while we continue to build an...
As hopeful as honesty is

As hopeful as honesty is

by | Aug 29, 2021 | Reflection

As I come down from the stress and anxiety of preparing for Friday’s oral arguments in the Thacker Pass case, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned since Max Wilbert and I set up our little two-person tent back on January 15 to protest the...