Photo by Mike Schennum
A San Carlos Apache prayer site at Oak Flat Campground was vandalized when two crosses were removed, two others damaged with an axe, and ceremonial eagle feathers were left on the ground. Arizona’s Tonto National Forest is investigating the vandalism, which Apache Stronghold believes is linked to its protest of Resolution Copper’s plans to mine the copper ore beneath Oak Flat.
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