The Biden administration has put a pause on plans to erect a copper mine in Arizona on land known as Oak Flat, a site sacred to the San Carlos Apache and other Indigenous nations in the area.
, tribal leaders in Arizona have fought to save Oak Flat and keep the ceremonial grounds free from mining projects and other disturbances. Local Indigenous peoples and religious organizations have filed briefs in support of The Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Apaches and their allies.
The initial 2014 federal legislation that would have transferred Oak Flat from the Tonto National Forest to Resolution Copper stipulated that 60 days after the environmental impact statement was completed, the land swap would occur no matter what the statement results indicated. Ismail Royer, a director at the Religious Freedom Institute, an organization that stands with the Apache Stronghold, said the Biden administration needs to officially stop the land transfer and respect the religious freedoms of Indigenous peoples.
Oak Flat has been used as a religious site to connect Indigenous peoples to their faith, families, and the natural world since before colonization and European contact. Royer said he believes the current administration needs to not only stop the mining project for good, but acknowledge the violation of human rights he and the Apache Stronghold say occurred.
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