Public Statements

Tribe Responds to 9th Circuit Decision in Apache Stronghold Case

2023-08-03T21:04:23+00:00

The San Carlos Apache Tribe (“Tribe”) will continue to pursue multiple avenues to block construction of the proposed Resolution Copper Mine despite Friday’s federal appeals court decision rejecting an Apache grassroots group’s lawsuit seeking to stop the mine on religious freedom issues. “While disappointing, the appeals court decision does not advance the Resolution Mine project one inch and we intend to stop this environmentally and culturally destructive project,” says the Tribe’s Chairman, Terry Rambler, “We will continue to relentlessly oppose this project in Congress, the courts and with the Biden Administration.” The Tribe, as well a coalition of Arizona tribal and [...]

Tribe Responds to 9th Circuit Decision in Apache Stronghold Case2023-08-03T21:04:23+00:00

Chairman’s Speech at 2022 Substance Abuse Prevention Conference

2023-08-03T21:04:51+00:00

Speech delivered by Chairman Terry Rambler at Hon Dah Resort & Casino on June 22, 2022: My name is Terry Rambler, Chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and I am honored and humbled to be here in the beautiful pines of the White Mountains.  Part of my roots, like a lot of people from Bylas, comes from the White Mountains. On my mom's side, my great maternal grandmother was Sarah Hadley who was Tugai’.  She originally came from the Show Low area and when the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation was established she moved to East Fork.  My great maternal grandfather John [...]

Chairman’s Speech at 2022 Substance Abuse Prevention Conference2023-08-03T21:04:51+00:00

Tribe Reaches Agreement with U.S. Forest Service on Future Consultation

2022-02-12T11:03:00+00:00

The San Carlos Apache Tribe reached an agreement yesterday with the U.S. Forest Service to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to define the parameters of future government-to-government consultations concerning the proposed Resolution Copper Mine. The Tribe is opposed to the construction of the mine. The agreement negotiated with Associate Deputy Chief Barnie Gyant is a major reversal of the Forest Service’s previous position when the agency refused to sign a MOU and subsequently failed to conduct government-to-government consultations as required by federal laws. “The San Carlos Apache Tribe is cautiously optimistic that today’s agreement negotiated by Mr. Gyant marks a fundamental [...]

Tribe Reaches Agreement with U.S. Forest Service on Future Consultation2022-02-12T11:03:00+00:00

Christmas & New Year’s Holiday

2021-12-10T23:08:01+00:00

According to the Human Resources Manual under Employee Benefits, Section 1002 "Holidays," and per Tribal Council Motion No. 344-2021, the Tribe will observe the Christmas Holiday on Thursday and Friday, December 23 and 24, 2021, and the New Year's Holiday on Friday, December 31, 2021. For all emergency personnel, please check with your Supervisor for scheduling on this day. Please keep safe by continuing to follow CDC guidelines by wearing your mask, washing your hands and/or using hand sanitizers, keeping your distance, and no large gatherings. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Have a safe and wonderful [...]

Christmas & New Year’s Holiday2021-12-10T23:08:01+00:00

Veterans Day Holiday

2023-08-03T20:43:24+00:00

According to the Human Resources Manual under Employee Benefits, Section 1002 "Holidays," the Tribe will observe Veteran's Day on Thursday, November 11, 2021 and an additional Veteran's Day holiday was approved by the Tribal Council for Friday, November 12, 2021. For all emergency personnel, please check with your Supervisor for scheduling on this day. Please keep safe by continuing to follow CDC guidelines by wearing your mask, washing your hands and/or using hand sanitizers, keeping your distance. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Have a safe and wonderful Holiday. Thank you! Click here for a PDF copy [...]

Veterans Day Holiday2023-08-03T20:43:24+00:00

Resolution Mine threatens groundwater supply

2023-08-03T20:44:05+00:00

The proposed construction of the Resolution Copper Mine would consume hundreds of billions of gallons of groundwater at the same time Arizona faces unprecedented surface water supply reductions worsened by climate change, hydrogeologist James Wells, PhD, PG concludes in a report released today. “If the Resolution Copper Mine is approved, it will commandeer a vast amount of the State’s water, leaving less for everyone else,” Wells states in his comprehensive analysis The Proposed Resolution Copper Mine and Arizona’s Water Future. The massive mine, proposed for construction in the Pinal Mountains 60 miles east of Phoenix, would consume at the very least [...]

Resolution Mine threatens groundwater supply2023-08-03T20:44:05+00:00

Letters of Support for H.R. 1884 Save Oak Flat Act

2023-08-03T20:43:54+00:00

Terry Rambler said he strongly supports Congressional testimony provided today by tribal leaders to protect the sacred western Apache site Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, also known as Oak Flat, from destruction by the proposed Resolution Copper Mine. “Today’s testimony clearly demonstrates that it is not only the San Carlos Apache Tribe opposed to this horrific plan that would destroy a location that is the heart of our cultural and spiritual beliefs, but that tribal nations from across Arizona and the U.S. are united in stopping this mine,” Rambler said. Leaders of the Inter Tribal Association of Arizona and the National Congress of American [...]

Letters of Support for H.R. 1884 Save Oak Flat Act2023-08-03T20:43:54+00:00

Op-Ed: Save Oak Flat Act Protects American Indian Cultural and Religious Resources

2023-08-03T20:44:30+00:00

By Terry Rambler, Chairman Congress now has a historic opportunity to protect American Indian cultural and religious resources and prevent destructive economic development by enacting the Save Oak Flat Act currently included in the House version of the pending budget reconciliation legislation. The Save Oak Flat Act (SOFA) would protect a 2,422-acre site known as Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, also called Oak Flat, the foundation of traditional Western Apache culture and religion. The sacred land is in a rare grove of Emory Oaks nestled within a riparian niche surrounded by spiraling rock formations on the Tonto National Forest about 60 miles east of [...]

Op-Ed: Save Oak Flat Act Protects American Indian Cultural and Religious Resources2023-08-03T20:44:30+00:00

AZ poll shows overwhelming opposition to proposed Resolution Copper Mine

2023-08-03T20:44:43+00:00

Nearly 75 percent of Arizona likely voters oppose the construction of the proposed Resolution Copper Mine that would destroy Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, a sacred Western Apache site also known as Oak Flat located on the Tonto National Forest east of Phoenix, according to a statewide public opinion poll released today. “This survey shows there is overwhelming support from Arizona voters across the political spectrum for Congress to protect Chí’chil Biłdagoteel from certain destruction if the current plans for the Resolution Mine are allowed to move forward,” says Terry Rambler, Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe. The poll was released as Congress considers the [...]

AZ poll shows overwhelming opposition to proposed Resolution Copper Mine2023-08-03T20:44:43+00:00

Labor Day Holiday

2023-08-03T20:44:54+00:00

According to the SCAT Human Resources Manual, under Employee Benefits, Section 1002 “Holidays”, the Tribe will observe Labor Day on Monday, September 6, 2021 For all emergency personnel, please check with your Supervisor for scheduling on this day. Please keep safe by continuing to follow CDC guidelines by wearing your mask, washing your hands, and using hand sanitizer. Click here to download the PDF of this memo: Memo - Labor Day 2021Download

Labor Day Holiday2023-08-03T20:44:54+00:00
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