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DESCRIPTION:Please forward widely and come out to support! Housing is needed in the Bay 
 Area for 10-12 Western Shoshone Elders and drummers/drum groups are 
 requested to open up the prayer gathering. Please contact John Hadder  if 
 you can help to provide support.\n\n\nSupport Religious Freedom\nStop 
 Barrick Gold mining company\nfrom Destruction of the Sacred Mt. Tenabo 
 (Nevada)\n\n\nJune 10 – 7:30 AM -  a peaceful and respectful 
 ceremony\nwill open with native drumming, song, and prayer.\nWestern 
 Shoshone elders will speak at 8:00 AM\nYour Support is Needed\n\nSan 
 Francisco\nThe James R. Browning Courthouse\n95 7th Street\n \n\nOn June 
 10, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in South Fork 
 Band Council et al. vs. United States Department of the Interior et al., 
 and Barrick Gold Corp. on whether Barrick will be allowed to construct a 
 massive open pit gold mine on the Western Shoshone sacred site, Mt. Tenabo, 
 in Nevada.\n\nOn November 8 2008, 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.  The Federal 
 Court in Reno has denied a preliminary injunction that would have stopped 
 mining operations at Mt. Tenabo.  South Fork Band Council of Western 
 Shoshone of Nevada, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, 
 Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Western Shoshone Defense Project, and Great Basin 
 Resource Watch are seeking to overturn the Reno court ruling to stop 
 further destruction of Mt. Tenabo by Barrick Gold Corporation.\n\nThis mine 
 will cause permanent destruction of the cultural and spiritual practices of 
 the Western Shoshone.  Mt. Tenabo has been, and continues to be, used by 
 Western Shoshone people as a central part of their religious practices and 
 world view.  According to the Western Shoshone, Barrick’s gold mining 
 operation will cause “Spiritual Genocide” and cause permanent 
 destruction of Western Shoshone cultural and spiritual practices because 
 this area is a central site for their religious practices and creation 
 stories. Western Shoshone visit the mountain and the valley below (the 
 location of the mine pit) for prayer ceremonies, gathering of sacred 
 plants, fasting, and vision quests, among other uses.  The Mountain also 
 contains Western Shoshone gravesites.  All of these values and uses will be 
 destroyed by the mine.  In addition, the massive pumping of groundwater 
 will likely dry up sacred springs and streams on and around Mt. 
 Tenabo.\n\nFor more information -  www.gbrw.org - www.wsdp.org\nSample 
 letter to President Obama\n\n\n\n\nMorning Star 
 Gali\n\nmorningstar@treatycouncil.org\nCommunity Liaison 
 Coordinator\n\nInternational Indian Treaty Council\nOffice: 415.641.4482 
 ext. 303\nFax: 415. 641.1298\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/05/18600667.php
SUMMARY:Help Protect Sacred Site Mt.Tenabo - June 10th, 9th Circuit Courthouse
LOCATION:95 7th Street, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/05/18600667.php
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