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Pine Ridge Uranium is the real threat, not Tehran

Black Hills Uranium Is More Dangerous. Tell Burgum: Stop the Extraction.

Trump is bombing Iran over uranium enrichment 6,000 miles away. He’s fast-tracking uranium extraction in the Black Hills on Lakota treaty land, above the aquifer that feeds Pine Ridge. Two fast tracks. Two manufactured crises. Both bypassing the consent of the governed. Tell Secretary Burgum the real uranium threat is here.

This administration has put two things on a fast track to destruction. One is a war in Iran. The other is a uranium mine in the Black Hills. Both manufactured crises. Both bypassing democratic oversight. Both moving at the speed of executive order, because if either one slowed down long enough for the people to weigh in, the answer would be no.

Congress never authorized the war in Iran. They’ve voted four times to stop it. Overruled. The Lakota people never consented to uranium extraction from treaty land. They’ve fought it for 20 years. Overruled.

On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Forest Service approved new drilling around Pe’ Sla — the ceremonial heart of He Sapa, the Black Hills — over formal tribal objections, with no environmental review, under a document falsely claiming there are “no known Native American or Alaska Native religious or cultural sites within the project area.” About land a half-mile from Pe’ Sla.

Now the Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day comment window on the Dewey-Burdock uranium project — 50 miles from Pine Ridge, in Lakota treaty territory. The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty appears in the review exactly zero times. The document resolving cultural harm to Lakota sacred sites won’t be signed until six weeks after the comment period closes.

They will go to war over uranium in Iran. They will not protect our water from uranium 50 miles from Pine Ridge.

In the end, the only backstop on this runaway train is the consent of the governed. Use it.

Tell Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum:

1. Reverse the Pe’ Sla drilling permit — now

2. Remove Dewey-Burdock from the FAST-41 federal fast-track program

3. Suspend all extractive permits on treaty lands until full tribal consultation and a complete Environmental Impact Statement are done

The Black Hills are not for sale. Mni wiconi — water is life

Also submit a public comment directly to the BLM on the Dewey-Burdock Environmental Assessment — deadline May 14, 2026.

April 24, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Events, opposition to nuclear, USA