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DoomsdaysCW<p>Battle of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Massacre Site Links Struggles Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> Around the World</p><p>By Brenda Norrell, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>December 6, 2023</p><p>"The struggle to protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeeheeMuhuh</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>, from lithium mine links the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> struggles of uncontacted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indonesians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesians</span></a> battling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nickel</span></a> mining, child slaves in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a> mines, and the peoples' battles against lithium mining in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a>. They are all battling the greenwashing of the false solution of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. </p><p>"The desecration of the sacred Paiute Massacre site by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> of Canada is proceeding because federal laws do not protect massacre sites. Further, a man camp of lithium miners threatens the rural communities of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FortMcDermitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortMcDermitt</span></a> Paiute <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shoshone</span></a> Nation, and the town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Winnemucca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winnemucca</span></a> with crime, specifically sex trafficking. </p><p>"Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenoSparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenoSparks</span></a> Indian Colony Chairman Arlan Melendez called for a new mobilization of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtests</span></a> that will bring awareness to the public about the ongoing desecration to the sacred place and the damage to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>. He called for support from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> and elsewhere to bring this desecration to the forefront. </p><p>"'We lost the lawsuit because the law favors <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a>, especially in this state,' Chaimrnan Melendez said.<br>'Without water, there is no life,' said Dean Barlese, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyramidLakePaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyramidLakePaiute</span></a>, who offered the opening traditional prayer honoring all created things, all sacred creation. 'We're teaching our young people these prayer songs.'</p><p>"'Our songs are still out there on the land.'</p><p>"Chairman Melendez said they are concerned about the crime that the mine will bring to Fort McDermitt region, in a rural area, including man camps, especially with the concern for missing and murdered women.<br>The lithium boom is like the gold rush, the whole state has lithium deposits, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>'s 28 bands and tribes are sure to be affected. Already, sacred sites are being desecrated by lithium mining.<br>Chairman Melendez said the strategy is to mobilize tribes to speak with a louder voice so that the people will understand the devastation."</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/12/battle-of-lithium-mining-at-paiute.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/12</span><span class="invisible">/battle-of-lithium-mining-at-paiute.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIW</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/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</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/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopThackerPass</span></a></p>
Conspiracy of Cartographers<p>I've always been fascinated and inspired by old USGS maps of the American west, especially the places where I grew up</p><p>Here's an 1886 version of Granite Range, NV, and mine-- a USGS-inspired map incorporating the current landscape and more accurate and detailed terrain</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@sarahbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahbell</span></a></span> made the Bell Topo Sans typeface!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pyramidlakepaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pyramidlakepaiute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gerlach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gerlach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBasin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapsAsArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapsAsArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BasinRange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BasinRange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackRockDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRockDesert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PyramidLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyramidLake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackRockCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRockCity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BurningMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningMan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Washoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washoe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConspiracyOfCartographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyOfCartographers</span></a></p>
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