They talked about the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Gila River, San Francisco Peaks and many more geographical features of cultural and spiritual significance, including a hot spring near Wikieup.
Ha’Kamwe’ is considered sacred by members of the Hualapai Tribe, but also where lots of lithium may be underground – a critical mineral needed for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles like Teslas.
Australian-owned Arizona Lithium and the Navajo Transitional Energy Company began drilling 131 boreholes until a federal judge issued a temporary injunction last year, delaying exploratory drilling at the Big Sandy Lithium Project.
“If that’s being impacted by drilling, that’s not going to hold the same spiritual meaning,” said Ka-Voka Jackson,director of the tribe’s cultural resources department.“It’s going to be unhealthy. That land is being attacked, and if that’s supposed to be a healing hot spring, how is the earth supposed to heal us?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In case anyone had any doubt that there is no room for negotiation with the Hualapai and Simone Ka-Voka Jackson.
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