Takeaways:
- For three years, the Tohono O’odham Nation tribe in Arizona has been fighting against Hudbay Mineral’s plans to dig a mine on sacred lands.
- The Tribe successfully defeated the mine as the the courts deemed the approval of the mine arbitrary and capricious.
- While the mining company continues to try to find land nearby to build their mine, Chairman Norris said “The Nation will continue to work with fellow tribes to protect our cultural and natural resources from reckless destruction by a foreign mining company.”
