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"Redniss'
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
certainly feels expansive. It combines scientific and cultural history
with contemporary testimony to tell the story of Oak Flat, a contested
part of Arizona's Tonto National Forest on which Resolution Copper — a
subsidiary of the massive mining companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto —
is agitating to open a colossal copper mine. To the San Carlos Apache
Tribe, who have lived for generations on a reservation in southeastern
Arizona, Oak Flat is sacred; Redniss quotes tribal chair Terry Rambler
explaining to a Congressional committee, 'Just as Mount Sinai is a holy
place to Christians, Oak Flat is the equivalent to us.'"
Via Muse, who wrote "I did some protesting at Rio Tinto head offices for
their grab of Apache land. Here is an article about a new book covering
what has been happening. Sounds fabulous!"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
