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New Bureau of Land Management report exposes planned devastation of culture, water, and environment
By Apache Stronghold
Censored News
WASHINGTON – A new federal report by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management details the cultural and environmental threats posed by the Biden Administration’s plan to transfer Oak Flat to a foreign-owned mining company.
The report adds even more evidence supporting tribal members’ effort to defend their sacred religious site in Apache Stronghold v. United States, a case currently at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
“Oak Flat is the place where Apache have connected with our creator since time immemorial” said Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr. of Apache Stronghold. “This new report further validates what we have been saying all along: giving Oak Flat away to Resolution Copper will destroy the land we depend upon for our most important religious practices.”