Picuris Pueblo protesting mine

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001

Members and officials of Picuris Pueblo in northern New Mexico held a road block of a mica mine located on sacred land last Friday.

Joined by environmentalists, the group succeeded in turning away two trucks from the site. The tribe has opposed a 20-year, 700-acre expansion of the mine but has been turned down by the state court system.

Gov. Clarence Chile said the tribe will now fight the expansion in federal court.

Get the Story:
Picuris Protest Blocks Trucks (The Albuquerque Journal 11/10)

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