Marcie Carter is a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe and a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West.
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For the Nez Perce, a Proposed Gold Mine Is a Symbol of Broken Promises
The U.S. government stole Nez Perce treaty land to make way for gold miners in the 1860s. A century and a half later, gold mining again threatens the tribe’s homeland.