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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 1998
CONTACT: CHIEF RAYMOND YOWELL
TELEPHONE: +01 (702) 744-4381



Today, through Raymond D. Yowell, Chief of the Western Shoshone National

Council, the Western Shoshone people filed in the United States District

Court for Nevada, PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO
DISMISS

(SECOND) AND MOTION TO DISSOLVE OR MODIFY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION,

Case Number: CV-S-97-327HDM(RHL), in an ongoing effort to protect the

Western Shoshone peoples' way of life.



This� litigation� is� an� undertaking� by� the

Western Shoshone National Council, original traditional form of

government of the Western Shoshone Nation--to protect the way of life

and� main� livelihood� of� many� individual� citizens� of� the

Western Shoshone Nation. One element of this action is an attempt to

prevent further harassment, threats, and intimidation by the United
States

against Western Shoshone citizens. Other elements relate to protection

against interference or infringement by Defendants of older and
continuing

Western Shoshone traditional� life� ways� within� their� ancestral
lands.



According to Representative John Wells, Southern Representative of the

Western Shoshone Nation to the Western Shoshone National Council,


������� "The United States government would have this matter to be
bogged

������� down in a myriad of legal complexities in issues of federal
civil

������� procedure, than rather have to address the core issues arising
under

������� the United States Constitution, laws, or treaties."


Further Rep. Wells added,


������� "The range of legal issues asserted by the Western Shoshone

������� National Council through Chief Yowell includes aboriginal
lifestyle

������� rights which continue to be a live issue in this litigation
requiring

������� protection, but also extends to the Western Shoshone National

������� Council's role as protector of the rights of individual citizens
of

������� the Western Shoshone Nation."



The Western Shoshone National Council brought this suit as an economical

and effective way to litigate the stated issues, promoting uniformity of

decisions as to the persons similarly situated, without sacrificing

procedural fairness. The instant case is undertaken as a means of
survival

for the Western Shoshone Nation following the agreement in Article VI of

the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.



Western Shoshone National Council
P.O. Box 210
Indian Springs, NV 89018 NEWE SOGOBIA

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