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A Native American group that's trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would prevent Apaches from exercising their religion by destroying land they consider sacred.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Apache group battling a foreign mining firm that wants to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States on what tribal members…

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A tricky religious-liberty dispute is coming to a head | United States

Last summer, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Apache Stronghold in a case involving a proposed copper mine about an hour east of Phoenix.The court will hear the case again Tuesday.A group of Western Apaches and conservationists have opposed the mine, which would be built in the Oak Flat area of Tonto National Forest.After the court ruled against the

The federal courts have generally denied Native American religious beliefs the same protections afforded other, more convenient religions under the law.

A federal appeals court plans to rehear the case of a massive mining project that may devastate Oak Flat, a sacred Native American site east of Phoenix, Arizona.

An Apache group battling a foreign firm that wants to build one of the largest U.S. copper mines on what tribal members say is sacred land is getting a new chance to make its point to a full federal appeals court panel

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An Apache group battling a foreign mining firm that wants to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States on what tribal members say is sacred land.