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Baptists join call to protect Native American rights July 23, 2021 This June 15, 2015 file photo, shows the town of Superior, Ariz., with its once-bustling mining operations and derelict smelter tower in the background. The mountainous land near Superior is known as Oak Flat or Chi'chil Bildagoteel. It's where Apaches have harvested medicinal plants, held coming-of-age ceremonies, and gathered acorns for generations. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) Ken Camp / Managing Editor Share this article Fellowship Southwest and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas were among the Baptist groups...

For years, two Australian mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP, have sought to build a massive copper mine in Oak Flat, a region of the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix that is considered sacred by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and other regional Native American tribes. The proposal, which was approved by Congress in 2014, involves swapping 2,422 acres of federally protected forest land in that area for over 5,000 acres of private land and constructing a roughly mile-wide crater to extract copper deposits located underneath Oak Flat. Critics of the project argue that it will be an environme...

The Daily Yonder Fight Over Oak Flat Mine Draws Support of Diverse Religious Groups But in its latest decision, the U.S. District Court for Arizona ruled that the government would not impede religious freedoms of the San Carlos Apache tribe by opening the land for mining. Share this: Apache Stronghold members march in Phoenix at a February rally calling for courts to block plans for a copper mine at Oak Flat in southeast Arizona. (Photo by Alberto Mariani/Cronkite News) This story was originally published by Cronkite News. The Sikh Coalition and the San Carlos Apache would not app...

Arizona PBS May 6, 2021 Chris Luna chants traditional hymns at a protest in Phoenix in February, when members of the group Apache Stronghold rallied on the eve of a hearing on their suit to block a copper mine that they say would destroy sacred lands at Oak Flat. The judge rejected their petition, but the project has been put on hold by the Biden administration. (Photo by Alberto Mariani/Cronkite News) Opponents of the proposed Resolution Copper mine at Oak Flat have been fighting the project for years, from lobbying in Washington to members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe setting up a camp ne...

Apr 21, 2021 SUPERIOR, Arizona – Early last year, Darrin Lewis paid $800,000 for a hardware store in a tiny Arizona town where mining giant Rio Tinto PLC hopes to build one of the world’s largest underground copper mines. Rio buys materials from Lewis’s Superior Hardware & Lumber for its Resolution mine site, accounting for a third of the store’s sales and helping to keep it afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. But U.S. President Joe Biden put the mining project on hold last month in response to the concerns of Native Americans who say it will destroy sacred land and of en...