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PHOENIX (AZFamily)—The clock is now ticking for an Arizona federal judge to rule on a controversial land swap that could happen as early as mid-June. Native tribes argue that transferring land in the ...

FILE - An Apache activist dancer performs in a rally to save Oak Flat, land near Superior, Ariz., sacred to Western Apache tribes, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2015.

FILE - In this July 22, 2015, file photo, Tribal councilman Wendsler Nosie, Sr. speaks with Apache activists in a rally to save Oak Flat, land near Superior, Ariz., sacred to Western Apache tribes, in ...

WASHINGTON (AP/AZFamily) --The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred. The ...

On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court decided Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, No. 23-250, holding that the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq., ...

SUPERIOR — Carlos Nosie sunned himself in a camp chair as he watched a group of young runners converge on Oak Flat to pray for the site to be spared from obliteration by a copper mining operation. "I ...

An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona has suffered a significant blow FILE - An Apache activist dancer performs in a rally ...

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PHOENIX – An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel ...