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Story summary
- The U.S. government transferred federal forest land in Arizona to Resolution Copper, enabling a major copper mining project.
- Oak Flat is sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, which appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the transfer.
- An appeals court ruled against the tribe, finding their claims unlikely to succeed.
- Apache Stronghold's Wendsler Nosie Sr. raised environmental and religious concerns.
