FW: ALERT! Western Shoshone Action -- Tell Barrick to Stop Mining on Sacred Grounds
Ramona Ortega
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From: First Peoples Human Rights Coalition
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:43 PM
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Subject: ALERT! Western Shoshone Action -- Tell Barrick to Stop Mining
on Sacred Grounds
Importance: High
ALERT!! Please help protect Western Shoshone spiritual areas from Gold
Mining - Sign the attached petition and forward to your friends and
family.
Thank you,
Western Shoshone Defense Project
P.O. Box 211308
Crescent Valley, NV 89821
775-468-0237 (fax)
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April 25, 2007
Dear Julie,
Tell <http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick/wxusukdroxttdx6?>
Barrick Gold Corporation to stop mining on sacred grounds.
What would you do if someone came onto your land and started drilling
for
gold?
It's happening right now to the Western Shoshone people of Nevada. A
mining
company called Barrick Gold has been mining Shoshone lands without
consent
and is now expanding into Mount Tenabo and Horse Canyon, areas
considered
sacred to the Shoshone.
Even though the Shoshone have repeatedly protested these incursions and
the
UN stated last year that no companies should mine these Native American
tribal lands without the Shoshone's permission, Barrick has continued
its
operations.
Click <http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick/wxusukdroxttdx6?>
here
to tell Barrick to stop mining on sacred grounds.
The Western Shoshone people have invited Barrick officials to discuss
the
matter, but the company has refused. Even worse, Barrick has continued
its
activities, bringing in drilling rigs and erecting a locked fence
preventing
access to certain areas.
We want Barrick to know that the Western Shoshone peoples have strong
support among concerned citizens around the world. Please
<http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick/wxusukdroxttdx6?> sign
the
petition to show your support and to tell Barrick to stop drilling
without
Shoshone consent. Send this message to your friends to help us make a
strong
statement for justice.
On May 2, Western Shoshone representatives will attend Barrick's annual
stockholder meeting in Toronto to restate their opposition to the mine
and
call on Barrick to make a good faith effort to resolve the issue. To
strengthen their case, we are asking you to sign
<http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/barrick/wxusukdroxttdx6?> our
petition calling on Barrick to stop mining without Shoshone consent.
Thank you for your support,
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Tim Fullerton
Oxfam America
For more information on the Western Shoshone, click here
<http://act.oxfamamerica.org/ct/7d_VX971jEIb/> .
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