Environmental Justice Now
Updated 9/29/06

Environmental justice has always been the backbone of all our campaigns. In all of our work, we strive to insure that indigenous voices and concerns are heard in the movement to influence U.S. nuclear and environmental policies. We work very closely with the Western Shoshone Nation as well as activists and organizations from many indigenous communities around the country. Our board of directors is indigenous-led and we are developing a strong Native Advisory Board to keep us on track with our work

The cornerstone of this campaign is the important work of our executive director, Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone spiritual leader and activist. Shundahai Network provides strong support for his personal project, Poo Ha Bah, an indigenous retreat center for traditional healing. Poo Ha Bah is in its fourth year of renovation and provides an important place for those who are in need of physical healing, as well as a retreat center for indigenous led organizations and alliances. So far this year, Corbin has traveled extensively on educational and outreach tours. He has been a keynote speaker at the Environmental Land Air Water Conference, in Eugene, Oregon; Prescott College, Arizona; University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Weaver State University, Ogden, Utah; Sacred Earth Conference, Seattle Washington; and the University of Nevada in Reno. Corbin’s passion and his dedication to uniting people regardless of race and walk of life has inspired thousands and has helped us fulfill our main goal of bridging the gaps between the environmental, peace, human rights and indigenous communities.

We have also provided logistical support for the Western Shoshone National Council’s events such as the Yucca Mountain Indigenous Peoples Gathering, Western Shoshone Defense Project Spring Gathering at Crescent Valley, Nevada, and Newe Sogobia Mava’a Mia “Walk on Sacred Land,” a walk led by Western Shoshone activists around the western border of NTS to bring attention their land rights issues. Other important indigenous gatherings we have supported are the Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Gathering in Death Valley, California, and the Tewa Women United Gathering for Mother Earth near Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Our members work very closely with the People of Color and Disenfranchised Environmental Health Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth, and have participated in a major national strategy planning meeting led by indigenous organizers to tie together the environmental justice campaigns of the sustainable energy movement and the Skull Valley and Yucca Mountain proposed nuclear waste dumps.

Environmental Justice Now Campaign:

Indigenous Issues

Private Fuel Storage and the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians

For more information on Skull Valley gatherings

Skull Valley Goshute Media