PHOENIX (CN) — Western Apaches in Arizona took another loss in federal court Friday when the Ninth Circuit again denied a motion to halt the construction of a copper mine set to swallow one of the most sacred sites in Apache culture.
Acknowledging the transfer of eastern Arizona’s Oak Flat into the hands of a private copper mine will permanently destroy the tribe’s historical place of worship, a three-judge panel agreed with a trial judge that the San Carlos Apache Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups challenging the transfer have not established a likelihood of success on their claims, giving the U.S. Forest Service the green light to hand the land over to Resolution Copper.
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