Despite heavy protests by Western Shoshone tribal councils and traditional people, the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill (S 618/HR 884) will go before the House Representatives on June 1st. The largest tribe of the Western Shoshone came out yesterday with a powerful message to Congress and a hand-delivered a unanimous tribal council resolution objecting to the Distribution Bill, which proposes a settlement to the Western Shoshone in a forced buyout of their ancestral lands in Crescent Valley, NV. The lands at issue are the third largest gold producing area in the world, cited as the next “Saudi Arabia” of geothermal energy production and home to the Nevada Test Site, where the Bush Administration has been hinting at renewed full scale nuclear testing, and the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. To speak out against the passage of this bill, contact your local Representatives (House receptionist: 202-224-3121), Speaker of the House, J. Dennis Hastert, 202-225-0600, and Majority Leader Tom DeLay, 202-225-4000. Read more about Yucca Mountain and threats to Western Shoshone land.