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Native America Calling: Nevada’s mining boom and Winnebago Tribe’s NAGPRA victory
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Nevada’s mining boom and Winnebago Tribe’s NAGPRA victory
The U.S. government and private mining corporations are ignoring the rights of tribes to free, prior, and informed consent when it comes to lithium mining in Nevada, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
The report comes amid the Trump administration’s fast tracking of metals and minerals extraction. With more than 20,000 active mining claims across the state, tribes are having to weigh how every new proposal would impact their communities.
Guests on Native America Calling
Coly Brown (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), Chairman of the Winnebago Tribe
Beth Margaret Wright (Laguna Pueblo), senior staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund
Fermina Stevens (Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone), executive director of the Western Shoshone Defense Project
Clifford Banuelos (Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone), tribal-state environmental liaison for the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
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