"She was 11 years old, from the San Carlos Apache Tribe and about to endure a grueling four-day ceremony that has been practiced by Apaches for centuries. Surrounded by a hundred family and fellow tribal members, dancers,singersand medicine men, she would perform the Sunrise Dance, reenacting part of the Apache creation story. At the end, after she had been daubed in clay to represent the mythological mother of all Apaches and ritually cleansed, Lozen would emerge as a young woman."
"Oak Flat sits on one of North America's largest undeveloped deposits of copper. The mineral is used in dozens of items, including smartphones, electric vehicles and solar panels. The company Resolution Copper believes there are 20 million tons of copper under Oak Flat that could supply up to one-quarter of the U.S. copper demand over 40 years. At today's prices, experts say that much copper would be worth about $200 billion."
An 11-year-old Apache girl endures a four-day Sunrise Dance ritual at Oak Flat, reenacting the Apache creation story and emerging as a young woman after ceremonial cleansing. The ceremony involves family, tribal members, dancers, singers and medicine people and carries deep spiritual significance. Oak Flat sits atop one of North America's largest undeveloped copper deposits, estimated at 20 million tons. Resolution Copper plans to extract the deposit, which could supply a quarter of U.S. copper demand over decades and be worth about $200 billion. The mining proposal promises jobs but poses a threat to sacred sites, tribal practices and local land rights.
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