Saturday, November 29, 2008

ShoShone, Others, File Suit Against Nevada Mining, Plan Resistance Day

As the holidays approach and the world watches President-elect Obama and the bailouts; back in Nevada, home state of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, it's business as usual. Late yesterday, attorneys for several Western Shoshone tribes and non-profit indigenous and environmental organizations filed a request in the federal District Court in Reno, NV seeking a restraining order against the construction of one of the country's largest open pit gold mines on the flank of spiritual Mt. Tenabo.

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http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5115&Itemid=116

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