Carrie Dann

Carrie Dann ( born 1932 ) is an American Indian and environmental activist.

Carrie Then comes the people of the Western Shoshone and occurs for decades for its land rights ( " Treaty of Ruby Valley " with the U.S. government in 1863 ) and from environmental destruction (including gold mining, nuclear testing ) in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Western Shoshone one, which of them " Newe Sogobia " is called, and nearly 2 /3 of the U.S. state of Nevada and Idaho border areas in the north and in the south west of California ( Timbisha Shoshone, Death Valley ) includes.

Then Carrie lives as a rancher in Crescent Valley, Eureka County, and is a member of the " Western Shoshone National Council," the government of the Western Shoshone Nation.

Together with her sister Mary died in 2005, was Carrie Then in 1993 in Stockholm, the Right Livelihood Award for her tireless struggle for the recognition of the securitized land rights of their people. To date, Carrie Then - opposed the U.S. policy, to subsequently legitimize the annexation of the treaty country of the Western Shoshone by a compensation payment from Washington, DC - along with her sister. Repeats the U.S. federal agencies, notably the " Bureau of Land Management " had ( BLM), in the past tried to confiscate the horses and cattle of the then- Ranch, allegedly to prevent " over-grazing " and as " compensation" for unpaid grazing fees.