Our Land, Our Life: The Struggle for Western Shoshone Land Rights
By: ESCR-Net
Posted: Mar 26 08
Witnessed: 1404 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Food & health & development, Indigenous peoples, Racial discrimination
Tags: corporate accountability, corporate accountability indigenous peoples land rights, indigenous peoples, land rights, our land our life
"Our Land, Our Life: The Struggle for Western Shoshone Land Rights" presents the struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive lands of Newe Sogobi, also known as Crescent Valley, Nevada.
This is an abridged version presented by ESCR-Net member the Western Shoshone Defense Project, in cooperation with Oxfam America.
Produced and directed by Beth and George Gage for Gage & Gage Productions. For more information, contact: bggage (at) rmi.net.
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