The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Apache Stronghold, allowing Resolution Copper to proceed with its controversial mining project on Oak Flat, a sacred ceremonial site for the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to halt a land transfer in Arizona that Western Apache people say will destroy a sacred land site in order to mine for copper.

An ancient sacred site will be destroyed, replaced by a 2-mile-wide crater,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in dissent.

The long-running movement to protect Oak Flat from a massive copper mine is gaining renewed attention following a stinging rebuke from a key member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gorsuch, appointed by Donald Trump, is the only sitting member of the court who has presided over a court in the Western ...

The Supreme Court this week denied a request from the Native American coalition group Apache Stronghold to halt the sale of ...

While Oak Flat is currently in public trust, the roughly 2,400-acre federal parcel will become private property once that ...

"The Court's refusal to halt the destruction is a tragic departure from its strong record of defending religious freedom." ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal by Indigenous advocates who are fighting to block the transfer of ...

If reducing America’s reliance on hostile foreign powers for critical minerals is a national security priority—a goal that ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch called the decision to reject the petition to hear the case a "grave mistake" in his dissent to the ...