Lithium mine being built on 'sacred ground' where Native Americans say they were massacred

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Joe Biden wants the US to be the world leader in electric cars, which requires lithium. But is a mine being built on the site of a massacre?

It could be a scene from centuries ago. In the Nevada desert, Native Americans are protesting over a mining project they say desecrates sacred land. They are riding to Sentinel Mountain, which their ancestors once used as a lookout in times gone by. Here, they say, more than 30 of their people were massacred by US cavalry in 1865.

Tim Crowley, the company's VP of Government and External Affairs, said in a statement to Sky News: 'Lithium Americas is committed to doing this project right, which is why we have a community benefits agreement in place with the local Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe that ensures benefits from Thacker Pass accrue to them.

 

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