Diverse coalition urges federal appeals court to protect Oak Flat

Diverse coalition urges federal appeals court
to protect Oak Flat

Legal experts, native tribes, and religious groups seek protection of historic
Native American sacred site in Arizona

 

January 10, 2023

Ryan Colby | media@becketlaw.org

Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. | apaches4ss@yahoo.com 

 

WASHINGTON – A diverse coalition of religious groups, native tribes and legal experts filed half a dozen friend-of-the-court briefs yesterday in Apache Stronghold v. United States, asking a federal appeals court to protect Oak Flat, the spiritual lifeblood and sacred site of the Apache people in Arizona. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently agreed to take a closer look at the case in March 2023. If the court doesn’t intervene, the government will give this historically protected land to a mining company that will swallow the site in a massive crater, ending Apache religious practices forever.

 

Censored News: Who responds to our questions and who does not

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Zapatistas in Solidarity with Activists in Germany Protesting Coal Mining

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Ciudad de México | Desinformémonos. 

Junta de Buen Gobierno of Caracol 11 of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas expressed its solidarity with the activists from Lützerath, in Germany, who were victims of police repression and eviction for the expansion of the company's coal mine RWE energy.

Reno: March and Rally to Protect Thacker Pass from Lithium Mine as Court Begins

Photo courtesy Protect Thacker Pass now in Reno

Thacker Pass Protectors March and Rally Outside Federal Court January 5, 2023

“It’s Our Responsibility to Protect Sacred Sites” -- Chairman Arlan D. Melendez

By Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

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Jan. 5, 2023

RENO, Nevada — The Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and other opponents of the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine marched to the Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse on Thursday morning and are now rallying outside.