The Trump administration put two things on a fast track to destruction: the illegal war in Iran and a proposed uranium mine in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. Both being pushed on the public through manufactured crises. Both bypassing and short-changing democratic oversight.
Congress voted four times to stop the Iran war, each time overruled by slim MAGA majority. Now, Dewey-Burdock uranium extraction, 50 miles from Pine Ridge in the aquifer above our reservation, is on a federal fast-track based on trumped up "energy emergency" executive orders straight out of Project 2025 and overriding decades of Native objections over safety and sovereignty.
Authoritarian war and authoritarian mining. Two fast tracks. Two manufactured emergencies. This regime has decided the consent of the governed is an inconvenience. Our consent, as tribal nations, as American sovereigns, is the only backstop left on this runaway train.
We are calling on Interior Secretary Burgum to do three things:
1) Reverse the Pe' Sla graphite mining permit
2) Pull Dewey-Burdock uranium mining off the fast-track program
3) Suspend all extractive permits on treaty lands until real consultation and a full legal review are done
Take action step one: Tell Secretary Burgum: Stop the Extraction. https://lakotalaw.org/pesla (Anyone can send this message)
Step two: Send public comment against Dewey-Burdock to the Bureau of Land Management. Deadline May 14, 2026 → here
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