The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom

Grist
By Taylar Dawn StagnerMar 19, 2024, 4:45 am214 pts
Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stop the construction of a copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe as well as other Indigenous nations. Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, also known as Oak Flat, sits atop the third largest copper deposit on the planet and…

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