Apache Leader to Speak in Summit About Saving Sacred Tribal Lands

Dr. Wendsler Nosie, Sr., a leader of the Apache Stronghold in Arizona, will speak in Summit this Sunday, September 21, about the 20-plus year fight to protect Oak Flat, a sacred site to the San Carlos Apache and other Native American tribes.

Dr. Nosie's featured speech at 1 p.m. at Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit is the fourth stop in the nationwide Defend The Holy Tour aimed at preventing the multi-national Resolution Copper company from mining Oak Flat's massive copper deposit, leaving a two-mile crater where the sacred ground now stands. 

"This is not only a Native American issue," said Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner, Lead Ministry Team at Beacon UU. "Oak Flat is also our fight. We are imploring the Supreme Court to hear this case."

For more information, contact Dr. Tanner at robin@summitbeacon.org