Feds Put Brakes On Copper Mine Deal Due To Native Americans’ Concerns

Mealey's (March 2, 2021, 12:55 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The United States’ transfer of sacred Indian land in Arizona for development of a copper mine will probably be delayed now that the government has withdrawn its environmental study and approval of the project in favor of more robust involvement from Native American tribes, government appellees say in a March 1 brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opposing injunctive relief to halt the project....