Over the years, we've collected a variety of resources pertinent to the work of Red Thunder, Inc. and other native-focused organizations working to protect their communities and surrounding environments. In addition to various news and blog publications below are lesson plans, timelines, maps, political initiatives, and databases of information all relevant to environmental issues at Ft. Belknap and beyond.
The “Exploration and Development History of Gold Mining at the Zortman-Landusky Mine” site hosts an especially robust collection of materials, and teachers may find the “Water More Precious Than Gold” high school lesson plans particularly valuable. We're always adding to our list of links to articles on the web, downloadable PDFs, and recommended readings. If you have a suggested reading or resource, please send us an email. We hope you'll find our collection as useful as we have.
LINKS
- Abandoned Mines
- About the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
- A company that moved mountains runs into a wall
- A Mountain of Unanswered Questions
- An Open Wound
- Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions
- Cyanide's Bitter End in Mining for Gold
- DEQ approves plan to excavate old Zortman gold mine
- Environmental Justice Atlas
- Exploration and Development History of Gold Mining at the Zortman-Landusky Mine
- Fort Belknap, Earthworks
- Fort Belknap Tribes Still Fighting for Clean Water After Mine Closure
- Mining companies pollute waterways. Citizens pay.
- Montana State University Center for Western Lands and Peoples
- Protecting the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
- The Little Rockies
- The Little Rockies Still Sacred Lands - Despite Mining Damage, Fort Belknap Tribes Perform Ceremonies
- The Montana Historical Society
- The Rise and Fall of a Gold Mining Company, High Country News, 1997
- Toxic legacy haunts Montana; What can SC learn?
- Water More Precious than Gold
The opportunity to pass a bill in the United States Congress in 2015 to reform the 1872 mining law spear-headed by Tom Udall. Links to the press releases:
- Udall, Heinrich, Bennet, Wyden, Markey Introduce Bill to Ensure Hardrock Mining Companies Pay Their Fair Share
- On Anniversary of Gold King Mine Spill, Udall Delivers Speech Calling for Action on Hardrock Mining Reform
PDFs
- Beyond Nature and Culture
- Environmental Racism on Montana Reservation
- Fort Belknap Reservation Timeline Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes
- Goldmining in the Sister Cities of Fort Belknap, Montana and San Marcos, Guatemala
- Press Release: Red Thunder Oral History Project is now online
- Status of Mineral Resource Information for Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation, Montana
- Zortman & Landusky Mines HJR 43 Water Quality Impacts
- Zortman and Landusky Mines, Phillips County, Montana
