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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Scott Sonner

Judge rules against tribes in fight over Nevada lithium mine they say is near sacred massacre site

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A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to Native American tribes trying to halt construction of one of the biggest lithium mines in the world.

U.S. District Judge Miranda Du granted the government’s motion to dismiss their claims the mine is being built illegally near the sacred site of an 1865 massacre along the Nevada-Oregon line.

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