Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with regional indigenous people. 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 help us stop the greenwashing!
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Press Release: Judge Tosses One Claim Against Thacker Pass Protectors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Judge Tosses One Claim Against Thacker Pass Protectors Rejects "Unjust Enrichment" Claim, But Five Other Claims Proceed in Ongoing Lawsuit Over Spring 2023 Protests WINNEMUCCA, NV — A judge has dismissed an “unjust enrichment” charge filed...
Thacker Pass, Super Bowl Commercials, and Why Taylor Swift Doesn’t Scare Me
For the past three years, I’ve been involved in a campaign to stop the Lithium Nevada Corporation from destroying a beautiful mountain pass in northern Nevada – known as Thacker Pass in English, or Peehee mu’huh in the local Numic (Paiute) language – to extract...
Let’s fight back together
Yesterday, I attended a Tribal Leaders Summit at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) with the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC). The event was hosted by UNR's Office of Indigenous Relations, University Center of Economic Development, and the Nevada Indian Commission....
Photos from Thacker Pass
