They are traveling to Sentinel Mountain, which their forefathers formerly utilized as a watchtower. Here, they claim that in 1865, US cavalry massacred over thirty of their people.
The land is now at the center of both Joe Biden’s renewable energy agenda and America’s electric car revolution.
Members of Native American tribes claim the mine disregards their rights and transgresses their cultural heritage.
The “Prayer Horse Ride” route, which takes riders through Northern Nevada towns impacted by mining, is intended to raise awareness of their concerns.
According to Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute tribe member Gary McKinney, “We have cultural ties and roots to these landscapes because we are the original inhabitants of the land.”
