Earthjustice: In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine From Desecrating Native American Tribes' Ancestral Grounds
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 1 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
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- Victory: The Tohono O'odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage
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Last night a judge ruled in favor of three Native American Tribes' challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's approval of Hudbay Minerals' plan to raze the Tribes' ancestral lands to construct a mile-wide open- . . .
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- Victory: The Tohono O'odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage
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Last night a judge ruled in favor of three Native American Tribes' challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's approval of Hudbay Minerals' plan to raze the Tribes' ancestral lands to construct a mile-wide open- . . .