NEWE SOGOBIA, Western Shoshone Nation, Nevada On this sacred land of the Western Shoshone, there is no question now why the horses of Carrie and Mary Dann were brutally seized and the United States refuses to respond to a United Nations’ ruling to “cease and desist” from violating the rights of the Western Shoshone.
Like monsters, the heavy machinery grinds down the dirt roads and the gold mining companies spread, like the yellow scarves that were once placed around the necks of Western Shoshone women, yellow scarves that carried small pox.
Like monsters, the heavy machinery grinds down the dirt roads and the gold mining companies spread, like the yellow scarves that were once placed around the necks of Western Shoshone women, yellow scarves that carried small pox.
The yellow scarves and the rape of the Western Shoshone women, memories recounted by her relatives, are what Carrie remembers today on Mount Tenabo.
With the raids on their livestock, seizure of their horses, ongoing intimidation by the US government and spread of gold mining, the Dann family lives through another loss, the death of Mary Dann in a ranching accident in 2005.
Photo by Brenda Norell
Western Shoshone Chet Stevens sings a Sundance song to honor Shoshone youths during the gathering in Elko, Nevada.
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With the raids on their livestock, seizure of their horses, ongoing intimidation by the US government and spread of gold mining, the Dann family lives through another loss, the death of Mary Dann in a ranching accident in 2005.
Photo by Brenda Norell
Western Shoshone Chet Stevens sings a Sundance song to honor Shoshone youths during the gathering in Elko, Nevada.
For clarity, please click photo and than continue for the full report ...