Tribe files federal lawsuit against Yucca Mountain nuclear dump

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Tribe files federal lawsuit against Yucca Mountain nuclear dump

Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Ken Ritter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS -- Western Shoshone Indians sued the government Friday, alleging the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump would violate a 19th century treaty that governs use of their ancestral lands.

The Western Shoshone National Council asked a judge to stop the project.

The council cited reverence for the land as well as the Ruby Valley Treaty of 1863. <snip>

"There are only five uses allowed under the treaty," said Robert Hager of Reno, the tribe's lawyer. "A nuclear dump is not one of them." <snip>

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