<p>Your support is vital if the Dongria Kondh are to survive. There are many ways you can help. </p><ul class="actionlinks"><li><a href="/actnow/writealetter/dongria" onclick="new Effect.BlindDown('embedded_letter_dongria'); new Effect.ScrollTo('embedded_letter_dongria_container', {offset: -24}); return false;">Write to India's Minister of Environment and Forests</a> asking him to safeguard the Dongria Kondh's rights.</li><li><a href="/donate">Donate to the Dongria Kondh campaign</a> (and other Survival campaigns).</li><li><a href="http://www.writetothem.com/">Write to your MP or MEP</a> (UK) or <a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/">Senators and members of Congress</a> (US).</li><li>Write to your <a href="http://www.embassiesabroad.com/">local Indian high commission or embassy</a>.</li><li>If you want to get more involved, <a href="/contact">contact Survival&hellip;</a></li></ul> D0EBCD British mining company threatens sacred mountain true Vedanta Resources, a British company, intends to dig an open-pit bauxite mine on Niyamgiri mountain in India. The mine will destroy the forests on which the Dongria Kondh depend and wreck the lives of thousands of other Kondh tribal people living in the area. India’s Supreme Court has given the go ahead for the mine, but the Kondh peoples are determined to prevent the destruction of their most sacred site. Vedanta, a British mining company, is intent on open-cast mining for aluminium ore on Niyamgiri mountain, which the Dongria Kondh worship as a living god. 0 0 Vedanta, a British mining company, is intent on open-cast mining for aluminium ore on Niyamgiri mountain, which the Dongria Kondh worship as a living god. Mining the mountain will destroy the forests on which they depend. 211 true 3 11 the Dongria Kondh http://tinyurl.com/8bwvvn dongria 3 211 Dongria Kondh 2009-10-20T17:51:23+01:00