Lucas, in early November I introduced a bill to stop Congress from transferring
sacred Native American land to a foreign-owned corporation with plans
to develop the largest copper mine in North America.
Please, sign if you agree: Congress must not sell sacred Native American land to a foreign corporation for mining—urge Congress to pass the Save Oak Flat Act now.
The land, known as Oak Flat, is located in the Tonto National Forest and has significant religious and cultural value to Apaches, Yavapais, and other Native Americans in the region.
The companies who will receive the land under the deal, Rio Tinto P.L.C. and its subsidiary Resolution Copper, will reap tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer assets from the exchange.
We must defend the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are standing in opposition to this giveaway of our natural resources to foreign corporations. Click here to sign the petition and stand against this corporate land grab.
The Save Oak Flat Act repeals a section of the National Defense Authorization Act that approved the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange Act. Proponents of the Land Exchange added the provision to the 1,700-page bill the night before it came up for consideration.
The Land Exchange circumvents existing federal protections for Native American sacred and cultural areas. The proposed mine will collapse the surface of the land, destroying forever a Native American place of worship and threatening our First Americans’ traditions and ways of life. Resolution Copper says the copper ore mined will likely be shipped out of the United States.
Sign if you agree: Do not sell sacred Native American land to foreign corporations, pass the Save Oak Flat Act.
Solidarity,
Bernie Sanders for President