When Ky NoHeartInWar got a call telling them to get over near to a new digging site at Thacker Pass, or Peehee Mu’huh (Rotten Moon), they knew it was a “pretty intense” situation. NoHeartInWar got to the site, put their drone into the sky and filmed an individual taking what they say was “spearheads” out of the ground while collecting dirt samples as archeological procedures began for the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in April 2022. The land where construction is slated is at the site of a massacre

The area surrounding the Lithium Americas Thacker Pass mine is a close-knit community where the place to be on a Friday night is the Lowry High School basketball game. Now, Humboldt County and the city of Winnemucca are preparing for a population increase of about 25 percent as workers come to the area to support the mine’s construction. This rural area’s public officials are cobbling together grants to support the infrastructure necessary for newcomers – and dealing with the changes to this rem