Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?

Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?

Mining — whether for fossil fuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against Indigenous people. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.  Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel to mak…