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.

It is the direct corridor to the Creator and is, therefore, holy ground to the San Carlos Apache Tribe—a site rife with deep ...

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

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project ...

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.

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

James Bigley recounts how the Comanche-Apache conflict reshaped land claims in the American West.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue any merits opinions today, but there were two dissents from denials of cert. that merit attention, ...

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Apaches who want to stop the transfer of Oak Flat federal land to Resolution Copper ...

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 ...