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Apache Stronghold forces U.S. government retreat APACHE STRONGHOLD MAKES U.S. GOVERNMENT RETREAT CAUSING 9th CIRCUIT DENIAL OF EMERGENCY INJUNCTION CASE STILL PROCEEDS ON EXPEDITED BASIS Apache Stronghold activists opposing copper mine gather outside the Arizona Chamber of Commerce in Feb. 2020. OAK FLAT, AZ — This afternoon [March 5] the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied Apache Stronghold’s appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan’s Feb. 12, 2021, ruling. The Appellate Court r...

Reply Naelyn Pike, who is Chiricahua Apache, leads a prayer outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Cheyanne Mumphrey/Associated Press) FLAGSTAFF, AZ— A federal judge has rejected a request from a group of Apaches to keep the U.S. Forest Service from transferring a parcel of land to a copper mining company. Apache Stronghold made the request as part of a lawsuit it filed against the Forest Service earlier this year. Its the latest attempt to preserve the land in ea...

Court rules against Apaches in bid to halt proposed mine Follow Us Question of the Day By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press - Friday, February 12, 2021 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A federal judge has rejected a request from a group of Apaches to keep the U.S. Forest Service from transferring a parcel of land to a copper mining company. Apache Stronghold made the request as part of a lawsuit it filed against the For...

Closing a portal to the Creator: fresh setback for attempt to prevent destruction of US holy land by miner Annette McGivney © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP Efforts to prevent a sacred Native American site from being destroyed by a copper mine received a setback yesterday, when a federal judge rejected Apache tribal members’ request to halt the site’s transfer to a a multi-national mining company. While US district judge Steven Logan acknowledged ...

Center for Biological Diversity: Massive Copper Mine Would Destroy Apache Sacred Site in Arizona

Oak Flat Oak Flat is located in the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona, just a few miles east of the town of Superior. This stunning area is sacred land to Western Apache tribes, including the nearby San Carlos Apache. For many centuries Oak Flat has played a fundamental role in Apache culture. Countless generations of Apaches have used the site for religious and coming-of-age ceremonies and have gathered medicinal plants and acorns from its majestic oaks. Adjacent Gaan Canyon is a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday released the final environmental impact statement for a land swap that would allow for copper mining on lands sacred to the Apache tribe in Arizona, as indigenous advocates continue to fight the project.

Critics condemn ‘callous betrayal’ after Trump officials set in motion transfer of Oak Flat in Arizona to Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The U.S. Forest Service released an environmental review Friday that paves the way for the creation of one of the largest copper mines in

John McCain’s Apache Land Grab Is Finally Happening The fight for a copper deposit beneath sacred lands shows the extent of the government’s extractive greed. Eric Thayer/Getty Images In 2014, the late Senator John McCain quietly slid a dagger into the backside of the Arizona tribal nations he was ostensibly elected to represent. Deep in an appropriations package for military funding, McCain tacked on a rider, known as Section 3003. The rider accomplished what the Arizona Republican had bee...