From 1986 through 1994, two years after the United States put a hold on full-scale nuclear weapons testing, 536 demonstrations were held at the Nevada Test Site involving 37,488 participants and 15,740 arrests, according to government records. Western Shoshone activists Mary and Carrie Dann were intimately involved in these movements to end the desecration of their lands. On this day in 2007, Carrie Dann was cited along with 38 others, including actor Martin Sheen for protesting at the Nevada Test Site.

Longtime fighter for treaty fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest, Al served as director and was a founding member of the Survival of American Indians Association among many other contributions to the struggle. Husband to Maiselle Mccloud Bridges (Billy Frank Jr's sister) and father to Valerie, Suzette, and Alison Bridges, Al lived at Franks Landing for many years and was intimately involved in the fish wars. Along with others, he was arrested more than 50 times for asserting his treaty right to harvest fish. He and Maiselle traveled to Alcatraz during the occupation to call for support for the fishing rights struggle which caused many members of Indians of All Tribes to travel to the Northwest to support.