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| Wendsler Nosie brings Sacred Staff and Prayers at Sunrise on Alcatraz Island Photos by Fight4OurExistence |
Apache Carry Prayers to Alcatraz Island, Protecting Sacred Oak Flat From Being Destroyed for a Copper Mine
Article and Photos by Fight4OurExistence, Censored News, Dec. 7, 2025
Thirty-six of us made the journey from Oak Flat to Alcatraz Island. The Apache women spoke with Lozen and her mother opening up strong. Wendsler Nosie closing with a spiritual message for us all and we ended with an Apache song that carried our prayers forward.It was a beautiful and blessed morning at the Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering. Standing together, lifting prayers, and protecting what is sacred.
Protect Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat).
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Apache women described the battle to protect the land for Apache girls Coming of Age Ceremony.
"We were able to hold them off for sometime, and we were able to have my daughter's ceremony," Sinetta Brown, Apache, said.
"We've been running, we've been fighting, and they've been trying to take over. They've been threatening us, they have been shooting at us."
"It is in our blood to to keep going, to keep fighting." With the fight continuing in court, Brown called for support from Round Valley relatives and California Natives.
Brown's daughter, Apache youth Lozen, said, "They are going to try and destroy our sacred land where our holy water will be contaminated."
Wendsler Nosie, Sr., said he moved back to the land to protect Oak Flat six years ago to place that is Holy and Sacred. Wendsler said it is an honor to be here and honor the women in this fight.
"Today we fight for Mother Earth, our Mother."
"The other races forgot, this is our Mother, she provides for us."
Nosie said the people have to come back to the focus, that is the greatest gift of power, of this blessing to communicate with the Spirit.
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