Apache

(Newser) - The transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America is complete, but a group of Apache women is asking the US Supreme Court to intervene as a last-ditch effort to stop the...

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take a case brought by Native Americans trying to stop mining on land they consider sacred, reports USA Today . The move means copper mining can move forward in a section of Tonto National Forest in Arizona, even though the San Carlos Apache Tribe...