Apache Stronghold v. United States

ELR Citation: 51 ELR 20028
No(s). CV-21-00050-PHX-SPL (D. Ariz. Feb 12, 2021) (Logan, J.)

A district court denied an Apache group's motion to preliminarily enjoin the exchange of sacred land in Tonto National Forest to two foreign mining companies for mineral exploration. The group argued the land was held in trust by the U.S. government for the Western Apaches through an 1852 treaty, an...