sentences:  They have also filed for court injunctions against the gold mining that would result in dewatering of Mount Tenabo, Nevada.The Western Shoshone have attempted to assert full sovereignty against the US to demonstrate that the US does not have jurisdiction within their territory.The United States Congress attempted to settle the agreement in 1979, appropriating $26 million to purchase title to 24 million acres (97,000 km²) of tribal lands.