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A letter issued by Chairman Rambler to the following Mayors and County Supervisors: The Honorable Mila Besich, Mayor – Town of SuperiorThe Honorable Mayor Jamie Ramsey, Mayor – Town of KearnyThe Honorable Sammy Gonzales, Mayor – Town of MiamiThe Honorable Dean Hetrick, Mayor – Town of WinklemanThe Honorable Kevin Cavanaugh, Supervisor – Pinal CountyThe Honorable Woody Cline, Supervisor – Gila CountyThe Honorable Jeff Serdy, Supervisor – Pinal CountyThe Honorable Luis C. Bracomonte, Mayor – Town of Hayden Dear Mayors and County Supervisors: On behalf of the nearly 17,000 members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (“Tribe”), I provide our response to [...]

Written by San Carlos Apache Tribal Chairman, Terry Rambler. In the Apache way, so that our Elders know who we are and to educate our youth, we introduce ourselves by naming our parents and our people.  My name is Terry Rambler.  I am Tugai (white water people) from my mother’s side and born for Nadots’osn (slender peaks standing up people) from my dad’s side. My mom is Tugai and born for Iyah hajin (mesquite extending out people). My dad was Nadots’osn born for Tsee binazt’i’e (surrounded by rocks people). My maternal grandparents were John Rope and Sarah Hadley Rope. John Rope [...]

President Joseph R. BidenFirst Lady Jill BidenThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President and Dr. Biden: On behalf of the nearly 17,000 members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe (“Tribe”), I humbly request your assistance to save Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, known as Oak Flat, which is a Traditional Cultural Property listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located on public land in southeastern Arizona. A backroom rider called the Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange was parachuted as Section 3003 into the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act, P.L. 113-291, in the waning hours of the 113th Congress. [...]

Congress now has the opportunity to correct a travesty that occurred in 2014 when a last-minute, nongermane provision was inserted, without debate, into the annual National Defense Authorization Act that threatens to destroy a Native American religious site in Arizona by passing the Save Oak Flat Act. The current legislation, introduced by House Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) would repeal Section 3003 of the NDAA for fiscal year 2015 that authorized the Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange between foreign-owned Resolution Copper Company and the Tonto National Forest. Among the 2,422 acres of public land that would be transferred to Resolution is Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, which is also known [...]