2013-ongoing struggle: Apache Stronghold fights to protect Oak Flat, a sacred national forest land in Arizona, from being developed into a copper mine by Resolution Copper.
Since 2013, Apache Stronghold has been fighting to protect Oak Flat, a sacred piece of national forest land in central Arizona, from being developed into a massive copper mine by Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP. In a recent setback, a divided federal court panel upheld a lower court's denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the land transfer. Apache Stronghold plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The struggle between Native American groups and mining interests has been ongoing for over a decade.
March 02, 2024
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