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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 refused to grant Apache Stronghold’s request on a 2-1 vote because of the Forest Service’s last-m...

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. It's the latest attempt to preserve the land in eastern Arizona that Apaches consider sacred because of the spiritual properties there at least tempo...

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 Forest Service earlier this year. It’s the latest attempt to preserve the land in eastern Arizona tha...

'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 that the mine would “close off a portal to the Creator forever and will completely devastate the...

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