Support Religious Freedom for the Western Shoshone

[John Hadder]

Support Religious Freedom
for the Western Shoshone

Stop Barrick Gold from Destruction
of the Sacred Mt. Tenabo

Demonstrations to Protect Native Religions

Jan. 20 and Jan. 21 8:00 - 9:00 AM

Thompson Federal Building and Courthouse
(at Liberty and S. Virgin St. - Reno)

News conference on Jan. 20 with Western Shoshone Elders and religious
leaders will be speaking
Stay for the Injunctive Hearing in the courthouse

Just two months ago, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved the
construction of a massive open pit cyanide heap leach gold mine on the
face of well-known spiritual area, Mt. Tenabo. Western Shoshone
communities, the Western Shoshone Defense Project and Great Basin
Resource Watch are seeking an injunction to stop further destruction
of Mt. Tenabo by Barrick Gold Corporation. The Federal Court in Reno
has scheduled a hearing on Jan. 20th and 21st.

WHAT YOU CAN DO AS WE AWAIT THE COURT’s
DECISION

We need supporters at both of the following locations:

1. Attend the Public Demonstration to Protect Native Spiritual Areas
and Human Rights in front of the Courthouse on S. Virginia Street
beginning at 8 am on both Jan. 20th and 21st.

2. Attend the Mt. Tenabo encampment and Arbor Vigil beginning
Thursday Jan. 15th and lasting through the following week of hearings
at the gathering area on the Southeast flank facing Grass Valley,
Nevada. (Contact ws...@igc.org for directions and supplies needed).

3. We also need people to write requests to President (elect) Barrack
Obama and his transition team. This destruction of Indigenous
spiritual areas must stop now and a commitment to good faith talks
with the Western Shoshone must be made.

flyers, handbills, and informational materials can be found at
http://www.gbrw.org