In solidarity with the San Carlos Apache, The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI), an Oregon-based organization with 57 member tribes, and the 16-member Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association (GPTCA), have each asked senators not to enact Section 3003, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange, of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act. San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler has launched a grassroots campaign to defeat the land swap measure that would transfer a part of the publicly-owned Tonto National Forest that is sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe to a giant international corporation for a massive, environmentally devastating copper mine.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:56:18 +0000