The people of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona are struggling to protect their sacred place, Oak Flat, from being destroyed through copper mining. How might this moment be a heart-check for the church to re-examine our posture in the world within God’s ecosystem of creation? We are a people created within an entanglement amidst a culture obsessed with extraction. True riches aren't in the form of metals to be mined, but in the rivers, trees, and wildlife of God's good creation.

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More about the situation at Oak Flat:

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051225_oak_flat_pause/judge-pauses-oak-flat-mine-construction-protecting-apache-holy-site-now/

https://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2025/5/8/supporters-oak-flat-advocate-its-protection-critical-time-sacred-land

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/oak-flat-supporters-run-to-apache-holy-land-court-hearing-21710128

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/05/05/federal-court-to-hear-plea-to-halt-a-land-swap-for-oak-flt-copper-mine/83371238007/

https://www.kjzz.org/tribal-natural-resources/2025-03-21/on-death-row-fate-of-oak-flat-now-in-the-hands-of-u-s-supreme-court

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