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Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Tribes in Case Against Sunzia

2025-05-29T15:17:03+00:00

Ruling Acknowledges Cultural Importance of San Pedro Valley Region, Case Returns to Federal Court TUCSON, Ariz. – The Tohono O’odham Nation, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Archeology Southwest, and the Center for Biological Diversity won a major court decision Tuesday when a federal appeals court reinstated their lawsuit challenging construction of the SunZia high voltage transmission line through the culturally sensitive San Pedro River Valley. The federal court now must consider the tribes’ argument that the federal government failed to properly consult with them on a historic property designation for this area. The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in January 2024 alleging the [...]

Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Tribes in Case Against Sunzia2025-05-29T15:17:03+00:00

Tribe requests state officials tighten regulations for residential group homes in response to the murder of 14-year-old Emily Pike

2025-05-27T23:17:04+00:00

San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.-- The San Carlos Apache Tribe is requesting state elected leaders investigate and tighten regulations for state-licensed residential group homes for children in the wake of the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emily Pike. The Tribe’s Council on Friday sent a resolution requesting the investigation and legislative reforms to Governor Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes and members of the Arizona Legislature. The resolution also requests the Legislature pass House Bill 2281 that would establish a Missing Indigenous Person Alert System. Emily was placed by the Tribe’s Social Services Department at Sacred Journey, Inc., a residential childcare [...]

Tribe requests state officials tighten regulations for residential group homes in response to the murder of 14-year-old Emily Pike2025-05-27T23:17:04+00:00

San Carlos Apache Tribe Requests Court to Block Transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper

2025-05-27T23:14:30+00:00

San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.— The San Carlos Apache Tribe on Wednesday requested a federal court block the transfer of federal land that includes sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed Resolution Copper Mining until the Tribe’s pending lawsuit challenging the land transfer is settled. Resolution Copper plans to collapse the sacred site known as Chi’chil Biłdagoteel in Apache into a two-mile-wide, 1,100-foot-deep crater. Chi’chil Biłdagoteel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Property. “The Trump Administration is once again planning to violate federal laws and illegally transfer Oak Flat to the two largest foreign mining [...]

San Carlos Apache Tribe Requests Court to Block Transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper2025-05-27T23:14:30+00:00

San Carlos Apache Tribe Congratulates Apache Stronghold in Federal Court Victory Temporarily Blocking Resolution Copper Mine

2025-05-27T23:24:03+00:00

San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz.—The San Carlos Apache Tribe hails a May 9 federal court decision that temporarily blocks the federal government’s plans to give sacred Western Apache land at Oak Flat on the Tonto National Forest to Chinese-backed Resolution Copper Company. “We believe this is the turning point in our 20-year fight to prevent the destruction of Oak Flat at the hands of the two largest mining companies in the world,” said San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler. “Our Tribe congratulates the non-profit citizens group Apache Stronghold in obtaining this historic court victory.” Apache Stronghold filed an emergency request to halt Oak Flat’s transfer while the [...]

San Carlos Apache Tribe Congratulates Apache Stronghold in Federal Court Victory Temporarily Blocking Resolution Copper Mine2025-05-27T23:24:03+00:00

Resolution No. AP-25-058 (Approving Publication of the Rules of Criminal Procedure for Public Comment)

2025-04-09T18:19:26+00:00

Click here to view Resolution No. AP-25-058 (Approving Publication of the Rules of Criminal Procedure For Public Comment.) Visit www.scatcourt-nsn.com to view the rules of criminal procedure, under Tribal Codes.

Resolution No. AP-25-058 (Approving Publication of the Rules of Criminal Procedure for Public Comment)2025-04-09T18:19:26+00:00

Rambler Selected for Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee

2023-08-03T21:03:58+00:00

In remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2022 Mid-Year Conference, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the launch of the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (“STAC”).    Terry Rambler, Chairman of the Tribe, was appointed as an alternate member of the STAC.             Chairman Rambler said, “The Tribe’s presence on the STAC will provide an historic opportunity – a seat at the decision-making table before policies are made that impact tribal communities.  For the first time in our history, we can engage at the highest levels of the Department of the Interior.  By forming this Committee, Secretary Haaland honors [...]

Rambler Selected for Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee2023-08-03T21:03:58+00:00

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

Biden official tours Oak Flat

2023-08-03T21:05:48+00:00

Nearly a year after the Biden administration halted a land swap of one of the Apache people's most sacred sites to a foreign mining company, the U.S. Forest Service has begun a new round of tribal consultation over what San Carlos Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler called "the future of Apache culture and religion."  Barnie Gyant, Forest Service associate deputy chief, toured Oak Flat on Thursday and heard from Apache elders, representatives of other tribes, religious leaders and environmentalists about the sacred site. Gyant was sent by Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead government-to-government consultation with tribal nations in connection with the land swap, which would hand over 2,400 acres [...]

Biden official tours Oak Flat2023-08-03T21:05:48+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

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