Federal Court Halts Controversial Land Transfer for Arizona Copper Mine Amid Tribal and Environmental Outcry

In a decisive move that exposes Washington’s disregard for both national sovereignty and tribal heritage, a U.S. appeals court has temporarily halted the transfer of federally protected forest land to multinational mining corporations aiming to exploit one of North America’s largest copper deposits in Arizona.This land swap, slated for immediate execution, concerns Oak Flat — a site sacred to the San Carlos Apache tribe and other Native American communities who have used this terrain for centuries as a place of prayer and gathering medicinal plants. Yet despite its profound cultural importance to America’s indigenous people, federal bureaucracies appear eager to...