APACHE APPEAL RULING ALLOWING SACRED OAK FLAT LAND GIVEAWAY. POWERHOUSE LAW FIRM BECKET JOINS APACHE STRONGHOLD LEGAL TEAM.

Wendsler Nosie and granddaughter Naelyn Pike. Photo by Steve Pavey

APACHE APPEAL RULING ALLOWING SACRED OAK FLAT LAND GIVEAWAY
POWERHOUSE LAW FIRM BECKET JOINS APACHE STRONGHOLD LEGAL TEAM

By Apache Stronghold

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February 18, 2021

French translation by Christine Prat 

PHOENIX – This afternoon Apache Stronghold filed an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan's February 12, 2021, ruling refusing to prevent the giveaway of sacred Oak Flat to Rio Tinto/Resolution Copper before the completion of litigation.  The U.S. Government agreed earlier not to proceed with the land transfer "any sooner than" March 11, 2021; however, Judge Logan refused to stop the giveaway even though a trial will last far beyond that date and the giveaway will happen during the trial without an injunction to stop it.

SLAMDANCE 'End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock'

By Brenda Norrell 

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The premiere of 'End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock,' is now featured at the online Slamdance Film Festival.

"Our fear is for the future generations. This is where we belong," says Madonna Thunder Hawk, Lakota, speaking of the river that brings life.

"The Missouri River is our lifeline," Thunder Hawk said.

As one of the Native women truth-tellers in the film, Thunder Hawk says, "The world is ruled by corporations now."

Protecting the Missouri River, the women of Standing Rock proclaimed to the world, "Water is Life."

ARIZONA: Border Wall Contractors Continue to Defy Biden Order to Halt Construction Feb. 10, 2021

 

Video Seems to Show Border Wall Construction Ripping Through Jaguar Critical Habitat in Arizona

Bulldozing in Pajarito Mountains Appears to Violate Biden Proclamation Halting Construction

By Center for Biological Diversity 

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NOGALES, Ariz.— Video footage shared with the Center for Biological Diversity seems to show construction equipment leveling Arizona mountains in critical habitat for endangered jaguars, in an apparent violation of President Biden’s proclamation halting border wall construction. The footage was reportedly shot on Wednesday, Feb. 10, by members of the Tucson Samaritans, who shared it with the Center.

APACHE STRONGHOLD: JUDGE REFUSES INJUNCTION TO STOP SACRED OAK FLAT LAND GIVE AWAY AND DESTRUCTION

Wendsler Nosie photo by Steve Pavey

JUDGE REFUSES INJUNCTION TO STOP SACRED OAK FLAT LAND GIVE AWAY AND DESTRUCTION

By Apache Stronghold

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PHOENIX – This afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan denied Apache Stronghold's request for an injunction preventing the giveaway and destruction of sacred Oak Flat to Rio Tinto/Resolution Copper.  Judge Logan said that Apache Stronghold has no right to ask the Court for help because they are not an officially designated a "sovereign nation."

Judge Logan said that the U.S. Government has no Trust Responsibility to the Apache even though their Treaty of 1852 says, "the government of the United States shall so legislate and act as to secure the permanent prosperity and happiness of said Indians."  In reaching this conclusion, the Judge quoted a case saying, "The exclusive right of the United States to extinguish Indian title has never been doubted.  And whether it be done by treaty, by the sword, by purchase, by the exercise of complete dominion adverse to the right of occupancy, or otherwise, its justness is not open to inquiry in the courts."

In the Spirit of Resistance: Food deliveries, defending the land and cooking for elders

(Above) Dine' volunteers Mercury Bitsuie along with his Uncle Andy Dann and friends, continue to deliver food and supplies to the remote homes on the Navajo Nation.

NOTRE DAME RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LAW CLINIC JOINS OAK FLAT LAWSUIT TO PROTECT APACHE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS

Apache Stronghold, Naelyn Pike

Contact: Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr., Apache Stronghold, apaches4ss@yahoo.com

NOTRE DAME RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LAW CLINIC JOINS OAK FLAT LAWSUIT TO PROTECT APACHE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS

By Apache Stronghold 

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PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative Clinic filed an amicus or "Friend of the Court" legal brief this afternoon in Federal Court in support of Apache Stronghold's efforts to prevent the destruction of Oak Flat or Chi'chil Bildagoteel and the resulting devasting impact on Apache religion.  Notre Dame's filing highlights the fact that the U.S. Government is trying to force the Apache to give up their religion at Oak Flat while it protects the religious rights of non-Indians elsewhere.  This violates Apache constitutional rights.  The filing also notes that the U.S. Government has a trust responsibility to protect sacred sites, not to destroy them.