A group of protestors gather at Thacker Pass on Sep. 9, 2023 at a commemoration for the 1865 massacre of Paiute and Shoshone people by the 1st Nevada Cavalry. Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of Lithium Americas, plans to build a lithium mine on the site where many tribal members believe the massacre took place. (Noel Lyn Smith/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism)