Stephanie Keith

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Apache tribe marches to protect sacred Arizona site from copper mine
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Nationality: USA
Biography: Stephanie Keith is a news photographer working primarily for the New York Times, Reuters, and Getty Images.  Her focus in breaking news is on the rise of White Nationalism and Trump-ism. Her focus in editorial feature is Native American... MORE
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Apache tribe marches to protect sacred Arizona site from copper mine
Copyright Stephanie Keith 2024
Updated Mar 2020
Hundreds of Apache tribe members and supporters marched for four days to a sacred campground in southeastern Arizona earlier this month, hoping to protect the land from copper mining while bringing awareness to injustices against Native Americans.

The 45-mile march, from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, ended Sunday, Feb. 23 on what is known as Oak Flat, a 2,400 acre (970 hectares) parcel of public land in the Tonto National Forest near Superior, Arizona.

The San Carlos Apache tribe, which has considered Oak Flat holy land for centuries, says it is threatened by Resolution Copper Mining, which plans to extract 1.9 billion tons of copper beneath part of the hallowed ground from one of the largest untapped deposits in the world.  
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