Ox Sam Camp (Newe Momokonee Nokotun) is an Indigenous prayer camp at PeeHee Mu’huh, resisting the construction of a lithium mine on unceded land.
Thacker Pass, Nevada
Joined May 2023
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PRESS RELEASE: Water Protectors Sued by Mining Company Ask Court to Dismiss Case
The protectors, including descendants of survivors of the 1865 Thacker Pass massacre, were sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation for defending a sacred site
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This week, our chat with @stopthemvp about the stepping up of the paused Mountain Valley Pipeline, fracked gas pipeline threatening waterways across VA, WV & NC + atmospheres everywhere
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ALT Protestors on Mountain Valley Pipeline work site disrupting, near a pile of timber with signs against the pipeline + text "TFSR - 7/9/23, Continuing Struggle Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline"
Check out this black metal, death metal and dungeon compilation album, raising funds for Ox Sam Camp! We need money for legal representation to fight the lawsuits being filed against us for protecting indigenous land.
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PRESS RELEASE:
Lithium Nevada Lawsuit Aims to Stop Tribal Members and Allies from Praying at Sacred Site
RENO, NV — Lithium Nevada Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Protect Thacker Pass and seven people for opposing the Thacker Pass lithium mine.
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Our camp sits atop the water-line for the planned lithium mine, which will pump 1.7 billion gallons of water per year for the next 40 years, causing irreparable destruction to the ground water levels, ecology, and surrounding communities, including the Fort McDermitt Reservation.
This is a reservation with annual water shortage advisories. The mine will be extracting water from an aquifer that is already over-allocated by 30,000 acre-feet per year.
How long will it take the “White Gold" Lithium Rush to reach your homelands? #protectthesacred #waterislife
We have an urgent request for Criminal Defense Attorneys
Licensed in Nevada State
To represent four land & water defenders opposing Thacker Pass Lithium Mine
To contest ex parte Temporary Protection Orders obtained by Lithium Nevada in Humboldt County, Winnemucca, Nevada.
We have 4 DAYS to the meet the needs of our Request For Attorney(s) Licensed in Nevada State (Criminal Defense)
To represent four Land / Water Defenders opposing the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, including local Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Matriarch Dorece (Sam) Antonio.
PRESS RELEASE: “I’m being threatened with arrest for protecting the graves of my ancestors,” says Sam. “My great-great Grandfather Ox Sam was one of the survivors of the 1865 Thacker Pass massacre that took place here."
Calling upon Land Defenders, Water Protectors, & all people with skills/connections to support us in defending our homelands. Our camp is led by elder women & guided through prayer & ceremony to protect the sacred for future generations. See oxsam.org for more info.
On May 19th Humboldt County Sheriff's Department delivered a TRO to Dorece Sam, a Paiute land defender & direct descendant of Ox Sam. The order forced Dorece to leave the ceremonial encampment & sacred fire under threat of arrest. instagram.com/reel/CsmxvlJNm…
Nature is standing with us! ⛈️ Thunder beings showed up powerfully the other day in support of Ox Sam Camp and our prayerful protection of Peehee Mu'huh, bringing rain, and mud, and three full rainbows! See here one of them arching over Peez'huh (or Nipple Rock). 🙏🌦🌈
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BREAKING NEWS: Tipi erected at PeeHee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass). Indigenous land defenders have formed @oxsamcamp opposing lithium mining operation on unceded traditional Paiute and Shoshone territory.
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