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| Photos courtesy Apache Stronghold, Censored News |
Today Apache Stronghold Prayer Vigil for Sacred Oak Flat at 7 a.m., court hearing at 9 a.m. and press conference following, at Phoenix federal courthouse, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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| Wendsler Nosie, Sr., Apache Stronghold |
Hundreds arrive in Phoenix after the sacred run from Oak Flat to Phoenix.
Listen to the federal court hearing on Wednesday, May 7th at 9:30 a.m. • Toll-Free: 855-244-8681 • Access Code: 2305 873 4105
”Since time immemorial, Western Apaches and other Native peoples have gathered at Oak Flat, outside of present-day Superior, Arizona, for sacred religious ceremonies that cannot take place anywhere else. Known in Apache as Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, Oak Flat is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and has been protected from mining and other harmful practices for decades. These protections were targeted in December 2014 when a last-minute provision was slipped into a must-pass defense bill authorizing the transfer of Oak Flat to the Resolution Copper company. Resolution Copper now plans to turn the sacred site into a two-mile-wide and 1,100-foot-deep crater. The majority owner of Resolution Copper, Rio Tinto, sparked international outrage when it deliberately destroyed 46,000-year-old Indigenous rock shelters at one of Australia’s most significant cultural sites." -- Becket Law, representing Apache Stronghold
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