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Mine for copper on an ancient and sacred native american burial ground known as apache leap. it got that name because apache warriors that had been forced to the edge by u.s. forces they chose to leap to their deaths rather than be taken captive. it's a sacred site. they still use that and areas around it for ceremonial purposes. now instead the congress is planning to give that land to rio tinto, to the mining company that did the uranium deal with iran. so surprise! that's in the defense bill. taking apache leap and all that land away from the indians so it can become a giant copper mine ins...

Burial ground known as apache leap. it got that name because apache warriors that had been forced to the edge by u.s. forces they chose to leap to their deaths rather than be taken captive. it's a sacred site. they still use that and areas around it for ceremonial purposes. now instead the congress is planning to give that land to rio tinto, to the mining company that did the uranium deal with iran. so surprise! that's in the defense bill. taking apache leap and all that land away from the indians so it can become a giant copper mine instead. just what we need. there's, actually, sort of a lot...

The people of the united states. congress has decided also that this christmas present from us to the giant mining company should be basically kept secret or at least as secret as it gets in washington, which means their gift to rio tinto has been buried deep in a big, dense, totally unrelated piece of legislation, buried inside the 1600-page-long defense bill, the bill that provides funding to the entire department of defense is one little part called southeast arizona land exchange and conservation. and in that obscure part of the defense bill, the house of representatives has decided to all...