Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

June 7, 2025

San Carlos Apache Tribe 'Federal Court Delays Trade of Sacred Oak Flat'


Site of proposed Resolution Copper mine, Oak Flat, Ariz. Photo credit: Russ McSpadden, Center for Biological Diversity



San Carlos Apache Tribe welcomes Federal Court ruling delaying trade of sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed Resolution Copper


By San Carlos Apache Tribe, Censored News, June 9, 2025

San Carlos Apache Nation, Arizona —The San Carlos Apache Tribe welcomes Friday’s federal court ruling preventing the Trump Administration from trading sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed Resolution Copper Mining no sooner than 60 days after the government releases an environmental report expected to be published later this month.