Supreme Court won’t hear Apache’s mining regs dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t take up an Arizona tribe’s petition that looks to overturn a ruling that sides with a state environmental agency’s decision to let a copper mining company discharge untreated wastewater into a creek that’s considered sacred to the Indigenous community.
Other tribal water issues:
- St. George News (St. George, Utah): ‘This river has a spirit’: Native Americans share ancestral ties to Colorado River and its tributaries
- Durango Herald: Southwest Colorado tribes seek federal funds for A-LP water delivery
