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I am not a Apache so I don't have any extra information to offer, but the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that would have saved sacred Apache land called Oak Flats. It's used in several important and meaningful ceremonies, including boys and girls entering manhood and womanhood. They're allowing a mining company to blow up the deeply sacred site to create a copper mine that was authorized via a land exchange bill that was passed by Congress.

RESOLUTION COPPER is the company that will be destroying the site for the mine. Email them or call them and express your concerns over the desecration of this sacred site. Reach out to APACHE STRONGHOLD to show support, donate to the tribe, help however you can! This website has lots of information about the land and ways you can help!

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Notes from National Geographic 'Atlas of Indian Nations', p. :

Notable cases of multi-tribal resistance:

The Ottawa chief Pontiac brought more than a dozen tribes together in 1763 and together they burnt down nine of eleven British forts.

Tecumseh was a Shawnee Chief who also brought tribes together to fight the European settlers, but he lost his life in battle.

In the Plains, the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapho often worked together against American invasion.

The Apache fought alone.

Hello, I am not typically fond of people making attempts to advertise their businesses or other personal matters through my messages, posts, etc; HOWEVER, I will make a happy exception for you. I understand you are fighting a noble cause and are restricted by time.

You are a sweetheart for what you are doing and I hope the Apache Tribe succeeds in their fight to protect Oak Flat from mining. I am sick of seeing the greed of white and wealthy men destroy the homes and sacred spaces of innocent human beings.

Also, I really, really, REALLY despise John McCain. I can’t state it enough—I would love to see that arrogant smirk of his wiped off once and for all—people put their trust into this man to protect them and he sold them out. He can get lost in a ditch somewhere.

In addition, I sent you a small message along with my purchase of crystals from your lovely shop. If people are reading are also interested in purchasing crystals from Jhula’s shop, 20% of proceeds will go to the benefit of the Apache Tribe whose sacred land is under threat of demolition and trade for mining. It’s $15 for crystals and shipping is free. Direct link to her shop is: https://www.etsy.com/shop/swanlakeonfire

You can also follow this link: http://apache-stronghold.com/take-action to do further research and make direct donations to the Apache Tribe. You can donate anything you want. $1 or $100, everything and anything helps. No donation is irrelevant.

Excerpt from this story from the Arizona Republic:

A federal appeals court on Friday narrowly rejected a bid by the grassroots group Apache Stronghold to block a land swap that would allow copper mining at Oak Flat, one of the Apache peoples' most sacred sites.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court's ruling that the mine would not pose a substantial burden to First Amendment religious practice rights, setting up a likely showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision to deny a request for a preliminary injunction to block the land swap came on a 6-5 vote in a case that was argued nearly a year ago.

The suit, Apache Stronghold v. United States, was filed in January 2021 in federal district court. After losing that ruling, the Native rights group took the case to the appeals court, where a three-judge panel rejected Apache Stronghold's assertion that the mine would pose a substantial burden to their First Amendment religious practice rights.

The case went to the full circuit court last March. The ruling won't allow Resolution Copper to begin mining copper from Oak Flat, a step that requires the completion of the land swap. The company's plans could be further delayed by two other lawsuits related to a revised environmental impact statement, as well as the expected appeal of this ruling to the Supreme Court.