Wendsler Nosie Sr., a longtime opponent of the proposed Resolution Copper mine and former chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, gathers with others at Oak Flat, a piece of land held sacred by the ...

The battle over copper mining at Oak Flat, an area sacred to Native tribes, has been waged for two decades. On March 1, the dispute marked a significant milestone: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

Land in central Arizona known as Oak Flat and holding great spiritual value to the Western Apache Indians is also on the world’s third-largest deposit of copper ore and at the center of court battles.

TODAY, we travel more than 180 years back in American history -- make that native American history -- to meet an Apache Indian warrior named Goyahkla. His name means "the one who yawns." It was his ...

OAK FLAT, Ariz. — On a recent morning about an hour outside Phoenix, the pounding of tribal drums reverberated across the desert from a stand of oaks in the Tonto National Forest, where nearly 20 men ...