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Descendants of the San Carlos Apache have been waging a new federal battle for more than five months, defending their land.
Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona slipped a fine-print rider into a thousand-page bill to fund the Pentagon. Thanks to the rider, however, the legislation also offered a giveaway to the world’s largest mining company: a sacred stretch of Apache land.
The land — known as Oak Flat — has been protected under federal law since 1955, when President Eisenhower closed the area to mining. That ban was renewed by Richard Nixon’s in 1971. But Oak Flat sits on a massive copper reserve, which has attracted suitors with deep pockets and lots of dynamite.
The clash comes down to commerce versus religion: Oak Flat is the Mount Sinai of the San Carlos Apache, a place where the equivalent of the Holy Spirit came to earth. It functions like an outdoor church, mosque or synagogue: a setting for prayer and coming of age ceremonies, especially for girls. The Society of American Archaeology says the Apache have been there “since well before recorded history.”
But soon Oak Flat will belong to Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of the Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto. The simple language of the rider says that 60 days after the government completes an “environmental impact statement,” Oak Flat will officially transfer to Rio Tinto, regardless of what the impact statement actually says.
That’s an outrage, according to critics. But it’s legal under the law. It’s a breach of an informal protocol for federal-tribal relations, according to the federal government — and a return to past crimes, according to the tribes.
WTF ??? I am discusted !!
The 1st problem I have with this is obviously how we continue to FUCK the Native Americans !!! For What ?? Money of course!
I'm sure McCain will never disclose how much he is getting to push this crap and take away from Native Americans what does not belong to him !!!
Why can we not get rid of these currier politicians that think THEY own this country??
The 2nd problem I have with this is that its going to a foreign owned business !!!
WTF ???
Can we sell out our country any more ???
Fuck you McCain and all you back door, money grabbing politicians. !!!!
