Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 22, 2009

Western Shoshone defend Mount Tenabo

Photo by Carl Bad Bear Sampson
Articles from Google Breaking News

According to the environmental impact study, the mine would require pumping 50,200 acre-feet of groundwater—or more than 16 billion gallons—over a roughly eight-year period. Groundwater at Shoshone Wells would fall more than 200 feet.

Critics question water, access at disputed NV mine
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 5 hours ago Some Western Shoshone and the environmental group Great Basin Resource Watch are seeking a preliminary injunction in US District Court to halt at least part ...
Western Shoshone protest Nevada gold mine, return to court
MSNBC - 15 hours ago (AP) -- Western Shoshone tribal members will be back in a Reno courtroom Wednesday trying to persuade a federal judge to halt at least part of a huge gold ...
Hearing begins in Reno on disputed gold mine
MSNBC - 15 hours ago Western Shoshone tribal members packed a Reno courtroom Tuesday, trying to persuade a federal judge to halt at least part of a huge gold mine they claim ...

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