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Western Apache

Court Temporarily Halts Land Transfer That Would Allow a Mine to Destroy Western Apache Sacred Land

The Western Apache and a coalition of environmental groups have fought for years against the Resolution Copper mine, which would become one of the country’s largest at the cost of a site revered by the tribe.

By Wyatt Myskow

Resolution Copper’s proposed mine near the site of Oak Flat in Arizona will eventually create a giant sinkhole on land sacred to the Western Apache people. Credit: Elias Butler
Outside the town of Mammoth, Ariz., is the site of a mesquite forest owned by the mining company Resolution Copper. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site, and the Forest Protected to Mitigate The Damage

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Oak Flat, a site sacred to the Western Apache, near Superior, Ariz. Credit: EcoFlight

US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Oak Flat in Arizona. Credit: EcoFlight

Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It

By Wyatt Myskow

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