Mutongi wemubatanidzwa weUS akatonga neChishanu kuti Lithium Americas Corp inogona kuita basa rekuchera panzvimbo yayo yeThacker Pass lithium mugodhi muNevada, vachiramba chikumbiro chakabva kumaNative America avo vakati kuchera kwaizosvibisa nzvimbo yavanotenda kuti ine mapfupa emadzitateguru uye zvigadzirwa.
Mutongo weMutongi Mukuru Miranda Du waive kukunda kwechipiri mumavhiki achangopfuura epurojekiti iyi, inogona kuve iyo huru yekuUS sosi yelithium, inoshandiswa mumabhatiri emotokari yemagetsi.
VaDu vakati maNative America haana kuratidza kuti hurumende yeUS yakatadza kuvabvunza nemazvo panguva yekupihwa mvumo.Du muna Chikunguru akaramba chikumbiro chakafanana kubva kune vezvemamiriro ekunze.
Du akataura, zvisinei, kuti akange asiri kuramba nharo dzese dzeMaNative America, asi ainzwa akasungwa nemitemo iripo kuramba chikumbiro chavo.
"Kurayira uku hakugadzirise kunaka kwezvichemo zvemarudzi," Du akadaro mumutongo wake wemapeji makumi maviri nemaviri.
Vancouver-based Lithium Americas yakati ichadzivirira nekuchengetedza zvigadzirwa zvemadzinza.
"Tagara takazvipira kuita izvi nenzira kwayo nekuremekedza vavakidzani vedu, uye tinofara kuti mutongo wanhasi unoona zvatiri kuita," Chief Executive weLithium Americas Jon Evans akaudza Reuters.
Hapana kuchera kunogona kuitika kutozosvikira US Bureau yeLand Management yaburitsa mvumo yeArcheological Resources Protection Act.
VaBurns Paiute Tribe, rimwe remadzinza akamhan’arira nyaya iyi, vakati bazi iri rakaudza dare mwedzi wapera kuti ivhu rine tsika nemagariro evanhu vekuAmerica.
"Kana zviri izvo, saka pachava nekukuvadza kana ukatanga kuchera mukati menzvimbo," akadaro Richard Eichstaedt, gweta reBurns Paiute.
Vamiriri vehofisi uye mamwe madzinza maviri akamhan'arira havana kuwanikwa kuti vataure.
(NaErnest Scheyder; Kugadziriswa naDavid Gregorio naRosalba O'Brien)
Nguva yekutumira: Sep-06-2021