U.S (NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND): DEFEND SACRED SPACES !

 

 

 

 

 

Friend,

 

The Grand Canyon has been the home for many Native peoples since time immemorial and is at the heart of their creation stories. Oak Flat in Arizona's Tonto National Forest is a high desert oasis considered sacred by multiple Indigenous tribes.

Now, both of these sacred places are under direct threat from mining projects that would devastate Indigenous and all communities for generations, violate Tribal sovereignty, and destroy Mother Earth.

MAGA Republicans are trying to violate a moratorium against mining toxic uranium for their corporate friends around the Grand Canyon. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is considering approving a Trump-era deal allowing Rio Tinto Resolution Copper Mining to take control of Oak Flat. Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, is leading the fight to protect these spaces from destruction.

This fight can’t fall to Rep. Grijalva and the House alone. Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema need to step up to protect these sacred places too.

Call on Senators Kelly and Sinema to help lead the fight to protect Oak Flat and the Grand Canyon from devastating mining projects now.

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Arizona Senators Kelly and Sinema have been engaged in this fight before.

In the last Congressional session, they were the lead sponsors of the Grand Canyon Protection Act, a companion bill to Grijalva’s House version. However, even after Grijalva introduced the Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act in March, this year neither Senator has stepped up to lead either fight in the U.S. Senate.

The mining extraction industry is powerful in Washington, D.C. Powerful enough that President Biden’s administration is considering approving the Trump-era deal to destroy Oak Flat for profit. With MAGA Republicans in control of the U.S. House, they may only need a handful of corporate Democrats in the Senate to pass bills that trample our rights and destroy our sacred land forever.

We can beat these corporate polluters. We’ve stopped them before, when we’ve built a big enough movement. That’s why it’s critical we amp up the public pressure. We need both of Arizona’s Senators on board and joining the fight, and they need to hear from all of us.

Help us defend sacred spaces! Call on Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to lead the fight to protect Oak Flat and the Grand Canyon from mining by adding your name now.

Hawwih (“thank you” in Caddo) for taking action today, 

 

Judith Le Blanc (Caddo)
Executive Director

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