Help Protect Native American Lands
The US Bureau of Land Management is currently reviewing a proposal to expand the Cortez Hills Project. If approved, it would be one of the country's largest gold mines. The project would disturb over 6,500 acres of public land—all of which are considered traditional lands by the Western Shoshone. We urgently need your help to convince the US government to deny this proposal.
Click here to sign our petition calling on the US government to deny further mining on traditional lands.
The entire area lies within Western Shoshone boundaries of the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley, which recognized Shoshone rights to this land. The area includes Mount Tenabo, an extremely significant spiritual and cultural area to the Western Shoshone. Many Shoshone have long expressed deep concerns and outright opposition to any further exploration on their lands, without their free, prior, and informed consent. The US Bureau of Land Management is currently taking comments on this proposal until Dec. 4. We are calling on our supporters to join with us in signing the petition urging the bureau to reject this proposal. Please sign the petition today!
Thank you for standing with Oxfam and the Western Shoshone.
Oxfam America
Western Shoshone Defense Project
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November 2007 News Reports
Last updated on Nov 28, 2007