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The Arizona observatory where Guy Consolmagno works was built despite opposition from Apaches who consider the land sacred.

Though our place of worship may not have four walls and a steeple, Oak Flat deserves the same protection as the holiest churches, mosques and synagogues in this country.

(RNS) — ‘A win for Apache Stronghold will be a win for people of all faiths,’ said Luke Goodrich.

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

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

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.

Congress approved the transfer of the land at Oak Flat to Resolution Copper in 2014 in exchange for 6,000 acres elsewhere, but the Western Apache claim that the site has unique spiritual meaning.

(RNS) — Congress approved the transfer of the land to Resolution Copper in 2014 in exchange for 6,000 acres elsewhere, but the Western Apache claim that the site has unique spiritual meaning.

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(RNS) — ‘It’s important that we unify, and we work together, and share the teachings to protect our sacred areas because once God, once our sacred and holy places are gone, we will no longer exist. Our religion will be gone forever,’ said one Native American activist.