Indigenous groups, environmentalists, and human rights organizations are opposing the proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass (Peehee Mu’huh), arguing it threatens sacred land, cultural heritage, and ecosystems. Legal challenges continue over environmental harms and U.S. rights violations tied to the project’s approval.
‘We were not consulted’: Native Americans fight lithium mine on site of 1865 massacre
Peehee Mu’huh: Sacred Land at Risk
Appeals court to hear challenges to lithium mine from environmentalists, tribes
One Native Group’s Fight to Protect Sacred Land From Destructive Lithium Mining
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