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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 Ga'an Canyon is a place “where the spiritual beings that represent healing live,” according to a San Carlos trib...

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 been trying to do through standalone legislation since 2005—hand over 2,400 acres of sacred Apache la...