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The Apache Stronghold has arrived in Washington, DC after two months following in the footsteps of the Spirit from the West on this Journey of Prayer to deliver their appeal to the Supreme Court to protect their religion, their sacred land, but also to protect all of humanity’s spirituality and the earth that is Mother to us all whether we recognize it or not.
This is an invitation to participate in the Apache Stronghold’s Day of Prayer on September 11, 2024, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Apache Stronghold Heads to the East | Media Ready Photos
Apache Stronghold Visits Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass) in the Second Stop of their Prayer Journey to the Supreme Court
Apache Stronghold Continues Journey of Prayer to the Supreme Court to Stop the Shattering of Human Existence & to Protect Mother Earth
Apache Stronghold will ask Supreme Court to save Oak Flat, Full Ninth Circuit declines to rehear case, teeing up Supreme Court appealApache Stronghold will ask Supreme Court to save Oak Flat, Full Ninth Circuit declines to rehear case, teeing up Supreme Court appeal
For Immediate Release: March 1, 2024 | (PDF) Apache En Banc Decision PR
The time is here to join the Apache stronghold in protecting all holy and sacred places. The words you share in your Amicus briefs will be read by US Supreme Court justices. Take action to have your voice heard by joining existing briefs or creating new ones. Please call today for more information. Apache Stronghold/Save Oak Flat. | AMICUS BRIEF INFORMATION
Wendsler Nosie, an environmental activist and former tribal chairman for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, is in Rochester this week to discuss the fight to prevent the federal government from selling a chunk of sacred land to copper mining company Resolution Copper. Wendsler Nosie, an environmental activist and former tribal chairman for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, is in Rochester this week to discuss the fight to prevent the federal government from selling a chunk of sacred land to copper mining company Resolution Copper. Nosie is scheduled to give a talk at Ganondagan State Historic Site at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, presented by RIT’s Native American Future Stewards program. He's also slated to visit SUNY Geneseo on Wednesday, April 26, to deliver the keynote address for Geneseo’s annual Great Day event, and he’s scheduled to speak at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church on Thursday, April 27, for an Earth Day event organized by the Gandhi Institute. His talk, titled “The Rumbling of Sacred Spaces: An Earth Day Message,” will touch on the fight for Oak Flat, and is part of a national tour of speaking engagements to raise awareness on the issue.
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RE: Please protect sacred Oak Flat and Native Copper American culture from Resolution
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Apache Stronghold back in court fighting for Oak Flat Ninth Circuit to rehear appeal of Native Americans and their allies
Media Contact: Ryan Colby | media@becketlaw.org | 202-349-7219
WASHINGTON – A group of Western Apaches, tribal leaders, faith leaders, National Congress of American Indians, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and grassroots organizations are headed back to federal court to protect their most sacred site from complete destruction by a foreign-owned mining company. On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments again in Apache Stronghold v. United States after the court decided last fall to hear the case “en banc” — meaning in front of a full panel of eleven judges. Becket, along with attorneys Michael V. Nixon and Clifford Levenson, are defending the Apaches’ right to continue their longstanding religious practices at Oak Flat.
My intent is not to offend anyone, but to speak of reality.", Wendsler Nosie Sr.
Washington Office: (202) 225-4576 | District Office, Surprise, AZ (623) 776-7911
Press Release: https://lesko.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2711. | H.R. 7722: https://www.congress.gov/.../117th-congress/house-bill/7722/
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. EDT, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hybrid legislative hearing titled, “Reforming the Mining Law of 1872” and will consider the following legislation: H.R. 7580 (Grijalva): The Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act. The hearing was livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page. Watch now
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09/22/2021 | Poll: 3 in 4 Arizonans Oppose Resolution Copper Mine, Support Protecting Sacred Oak Flat | News Release, Center for Biological Diversity
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02/12/2021 |The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Council (ACHP) says mitigation commitments don't 'offset the destruction' of Oak Flat.
02/11/2021 | ACHP Letter to Tom Torres, Acting Supervisor, Tonto National Forest | The ACHP notified the USFS that it was terminating consultation on the development of a Section 106 agreement with the USFS in the Resolution Copper Project.
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01/26/2021 | Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Review of Massive Arizona Copper Mine That Would Destroy Sacred Oak Flat | Tribal and conservation groups sue the U.S. Forest Service
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01/15/2021 | Tonto National Forest releases final Environmental Impact Statement, draft decision for Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange | The public may access the FEIS and draft ROD along with related documents on the project website at https://www.resolutionmineeis.us/.
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01/09/2021 | Wendsler Nosie Sr. Oak Flat Announcement | Video Update
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01/08/2021 | ACHP Letter to US Forest Service | "It is our understanding that at this time, the USFS intends to release the FEIS on January 15, 2021...,"
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2020
12/15/2020 | ACHP Letter to Acting Supervisor, Tom Torres, Tonton National Forest regarding Assessment of Agency Official Compliance
11/25/2020 | Defending Holy Sites Call to Action, Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. | Video Updates
11/24/2020 | The Guardian, Revealed: Trump officials rush to mine desert haven native tribes consider holy