What if your elected officials told you that your sacred place mattered less than that of a different congregation nearby? That's the issue facing the San Carlos Apache Tribe in their struggle to save their sacred land Chí'chil Biłdagoteel — loosely translated in English as “Oak Flat.” Currently protected within Tonto National Forest, this oasis an hour east of Phoenix is threatened with destruction: If the federal government gives Oak Flat to the mining company Resolution Copper, the area will be permanently destroyed. And time is running out.
Only Congress can permanently save Oak Flat, and the bipartisan Save Oak Flat Act (H.R. 1884/S. 915) can protect this sacred land. Ask your members of Congress to protect sacred Indigenous land by passing the Save Oak Flat Act!