The huge project on public land was approved by the Trump admin. in its final days. It has sparked outcry and a lawsuit from some area Native American groups, though opposition to the project is not unanimous.
, the mine would be an open pit 2.3 miles long, a mile wide and almost 400 feet deep, covering an area slightly larger than New York’s Central Park.
“All of these lands are important to the Indigenous people of any region,” said Daranda Hinkey, a member of the Fort McDermitt tribe and a tribal subgroup called People of Red Mountain. “All of these lands are important to the Indigenous people of any region,” said Daranda Hinkey. Part of the approval process was getting the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, which owns the property, to conduct an environmental impact assessment. In addition to projecting the effects of the mine on air, water and soil, the bureau is required by federal law to ask nearby Native American groups about any potential risk to “significant religious, spiritual or sacred locations.”
Bartell alleged that the impact statement had not accurately assessed the effect of the mine and its acid plant on an area with limited water. All of Nevada suffers from “” conditions, and the mine would use about 3,000 gallons of water per minute, according to the impact statement. Bartell said the mine would harm his water supply and ranch productivity and threaten trout and bird habitats. The government defended its assessement and methodologies and said it complied with protocols.
“The bottom line is that any mine, especially an open-pit mine, is going to obliterate the habitat that’s there,” said John Hadder. The BLM impact statement from 2020 asserted that contact with representatives from the Fort McDermitt tribe, “Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, and Winnemucca Indian Colony have not raised any concerns about specific traditional areas, sacred sites, or ceremonial areas or activities in the Project area.” The three groups are the officially recognized Native American organizations closest to Thacker Pass.
A spokesperson said that the bureau never received any response from the individuals it sought to contact or the three groups they represented. Asked if the agency has proof of delivery of the three letters it sent in 2019, the spokesperson declined to comment, saying, “The specific element you are asking about is under litigation.”
Randi Lone Eagle, chairwoman of the Summit Lake Paiute in December 2019 and still chairwoman, said that local groups are upset about the mine “because of how, number one, BLM did things, how they corresponded with us, just kind of checked off their box.”“You sending a letter does not mean you actually sat at the table and had tribal consultation with the governing body to talk about this subject,” said Lone Eagle. “Had they done things appropriately, it would have been different.
NBC News was unable to reach the person who in 2019 led the Fort McDermitt tribe, the tribe closest to the mine, and who was addressed by name in BLM's letter. Redstar said she has refused to take sides in the controversy. She doesn’t want to “disrespect the elders” and their feelings about the site, but she’s also wary of frustrating young people who need jobs — and of tangling with Lithium Americas. “My position as chairwoman of the tribe is not for, it’s not against,” she said. “Where would you stand? Because it’s really hard. … We all know that we’re up against the corporation, and we’re [a poor] tribe.
A contemporary newspaper account and a 1929 book, both cited in court filings, described an early-morning raid on a Paiute camp in September 1865 by the 1st Nevada Cavalry Battalion that killed women and children. The article called it an “Indian fight,” and said it left at least 31 Indians “permanently friendly,” meaning dead, and said that tally was probably low.
Ky NoHeart, a member of the Muscogee Nation, who took part in the moving protest, in front of the United Nations. Ky NoHeart, seen here at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in April, ran and drove across the country to raise awareness and opposition to the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass. Ky NoHeart, seen here at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in April, ran and drove across the country to raise awareness and opposition to the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass.
Alana Crutcher, of Elko, Nevada, a member of the Fort McDermitt tribe, has worked in the mining industry for over 17 years. She said mining has allowed her to provide financially for her family and access college tuition assistance for two of her five children.
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