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The Dann Sisters 
Carrie and Mary Dann, 1979Nationality Western Shoshone Occupation Ranching, cultural and spiritual rights, and land rights activist. The Dann Sisters, Mary Dann and her sister, Carrie were Western Shoshone spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. Carrie and Mary Dann filed a request for urgent action with the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. They had been active in the movement to recover millions of acres of land that originally belonged to the Shoshone tribe. Much of this land, consisting of a large portion of Nevada and four other states, was seized despite the treaty of 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley stating that the Shoshone would never have to give up their land.[1] They were recipients of the Right Livelihood Award in 1993.[2]
They persuaded the UN and the US government was ordered to halt all actions against the Western Shoshone people. However the mandate has mostly been ignored by the US government.[3]
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Mary Dann
Mary Dann (January 2, 1923 – April 22, 2005) was a Native American activist. Mary Dann was killed in an accident on her ranch in central Nevada on April 22, 2005.[4][5]
Carrie Dann
On April 1, 2007, Carrie Dann was arrested, with 38 other activists, for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site at a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting the Nevada Test Site.[6][7]
References
- ^ Vogel, Ed (April 5, 1998). "Shoshones stake their claim". Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/Apr-05-Sun-1998/news/7262067.html. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ Wolf, Lisa J. (November 24, 2008). "Shoshone Indians Sue to Stop Barrick's Nevada Gold Mine". Environment News Service. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2008/2008-11-24-02.asp. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ LeDuff, Charlie (October 31, 2002). "Range War in Nevada Pits U.S. Against 2 Shoshone Sisters". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/us/range-war-in-nevada-pits-us-against-2-shoshone-sisters.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ "Remembering Mary Dann - W. Shoshone Warrior". American Indian Movement of Colorado. April 25, 2005. http://www.coloradoaim.org/blog/2005/04/remembering-mary-dann-w-shoshone.html. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "Mary Dann, Activist for Shoshone Tribe, Dies". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 23, 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/national/24dann.html. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ "Martin Sheen protests Nevada test site". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 2, 2007. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vFoUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5554,341856&dq=nevada+test+site+dann&hl=en. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
- ^ Rizvi, Haider (April 11, 2006). "Native Americans Want 'Bunker Buster' Test Stopped". Common Dreams. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0411-07.htm. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
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- Living people
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- People from Nevada
- Road accident deaths in Nevada
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