Oak Flat Peril: Feds Begin Environmental Review of Proposed Resolution Copper Mine

Jessica Swarner, Cronkite News
3/23/16
The U.S...

Did Obama Just Block the Sale of Sacred Apache Land to a Foreign Mining Company? Well…

Jessica Swarner, Cronkite News
3/17/16
Editor’s Note: Several news outlets of late have carried headlines saying that President Barack Obama has heroically (implying singlehandedly) blocked the sale of sacred Oak Flat t...

Grijalva’s Save Oak Flat Bill Boosted by Historic Preservation Listing

Gale Courey Toensing
7/20/15
Legislation to save an Apache sacred site from destruction by an international mining company got a helping hand recently when the National Trust for Historic Preservation included...

We Want to Talk: Resolution Copper Breaks Silence Over Land Swap

Lee Allen
6/17/15
Amid protests and allegations of corruption surrounding a recent land swap that made sacred Apache land vulnerable to copper mining, the company in question has been mum...

Take Oak Flat to a Higher Court: Why US & Canada Fear Human Rights Courts

Steve Russell
6/1/15
Hundreds of Apaches are occupying Oak Flat, a sacred site to Apache people since long before the state of Arizona, where Oak Flat lies, existed...

Fight Continues to Wrest Control of Sacred Site Back From Copper Mining Co.

Lee Allen
5/21/15
This one appears headed for a 12-round title bout as the San Carlos Apache tribe continues its battle with Resolution Copper Co. over the issue of sacred land at Oak Flats...

San Carlos Apache Battle Against ‘Christian Discovery’

Peter d'Errico
2/20/15

The San Carlos Apache battle cry, sounded by San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler to prevent the hostile takeover over of Apache lands by the United States and Rio Tinto mining corporation, goes to the core of U.S....

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Video: Oak Flat Protesters Talk About Land Grabs and Copper Mining

ICTMN Staff
2/12/15
Land grabs are as common today as they were during the colonial era, say the Apache and other Indigenous Peoples in this video of the February 7, 2014 daylong protest of potential ...

57 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Urge Senate to Nix Sacred Land Giveaway

Gale Courey Toensing
12/12/14
More than 70 tribal nations have urged the U.S...

Great Plains Tribal Leaders' Letter Asks Congress to Strike Land Swap From Defense Bill

ICTMN Staff
12/11/14
The 16-member Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association has written to members of Congress and the U.S...

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