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Supreme Court poised to consider Apache Stronghold’s appeal
By Becket Law, Censored News, April 17, 2025
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government today announced that it is forging ahead with plans to transfer a Native American sacred site to a multinational mining giant in as few as 60 days, despite a federal lawsuit challenging the action as illegal.
In Apache Stronghold v. United States, Apache Stronghold—a coalition of Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies—sued to stop the federal government from transferring Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a Chinese-owned mining company that plans to turn the site into a massive mining crater, ending Apache religious practices forever. (Watch this short video to learn more).