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The Trump Administration is rushing to give Rio Tinto, an international mining conglomerate with a history of abuses against indigenous people, access to copper deposits beneath #OakFlat, a site sacred to several tribes. Here is some useful information: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/24/trump-mining-arizona-holy-land-oak-flat-tribes
The indomitable @RepRaulGrijalva has been speaking out against this project. Here is his editorial from @azcentral last week https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2020/11/16/rio-tinto-copper-mine-not-protect-oak-flat-look-australia/6245846002/
A consortium of indigenous organizations and environmental groups are working together to protect #OakFlat:
http://apache-stronghold.com
https://www.saveoakflatws.com
https://www.earthworks.org/stories/oak_flat_apache_leap/
http://apache-stronghold.com
https://www.saveoakflatws.com
https://www.earthworks.org/stories/oak_flat_apache_leap/
The struggle to protect #OakFlat could be seen as an #EnvironmentalJustice issue or as a #ReligiousFreedom issue. It is both, of course. So what can you do? https://echomag.com/oak-flat-wendsler-nosie/
Call your congressional representatives and tell them to support the Save Oak Flats Acts (HB 665 and SB 173). Donate to Native-led groups working on this issue, like Apache Stronghold
http://apache-stronghold.com/take-action.html
http://apache-stronghold.com/take-action.html
It’s a pattern: https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1331477761697964033
