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Article: Tribes fight land exchange: Mining company pursues 3,000 acres considered sacred by San Carlos Indians.
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- The Tribune (Mesa, AZ)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2007
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Byline: J. Craig Anderson
Jun. 19--The San Carlos Apache Tribe is calling for solidarity among Arizona's American Indian communities to oppose giving a British mining company about 3,000 acres of land east of Gold Canyon that is considered sacred by the San Carlos tribe.
The San Carlos Indians will be joined Wednesday morning by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and possibly others, for a demonstration at the Oak Flat campgrounds near Superior that will include a traditional ceremony to bless the land.
The site is adjacent to a towering cliff face known as Apache Leap, which also would be acquired by Resolution Copper Mining LLC under the ...