Historic Arizona mining town backs Oak Flat copper project
However, Native American groups consider the land sacred and are fighting to protect it from disturbance.
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However, Native American groups consider the land sacred and are fighting to protect it from disturbance.
A stunning loophole in Arizona’s water laws has left the state powerless to address a groundwater crisis rapidly unfolding in the Phoenix metropolitan region.
Residents of a town in central Arizona are engaged in a tug of war with Native American groups over a huge copper mine that's been proposed on national forest land. Those who support the mine at Oak …
Residents of a small Arizona town are grappling with history colliding with industry in their backyard. Native American groups and a mining company are engaged in a tug-of-war over a proposed copper mine on national forest land.
Oak Flat or Chi’chil Bildagoteel about 70 miles east of Phoenix, is an Apache sacred site where the region’s Native American peoples gather to pray and perform coming-of-age ceremonies and