Tribes face an uphill battle to defend their sacred land against lithium mining https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020524_native_lithium_liabilities/tribes-face-uphill-battle-defend-their-sacred-land-against-lithium-mining/
Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of a push to create new, domestic sources for lithium, and while rules exist that sound as if tribes have protections, Native leaders call tribal consultation a “check-box exercise.”
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