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Apache Stronghold’s Wensler Nossi urges protections for Oak Flat, cites HR 7957
U.S. congressional hearing (witness panel on copper supply chains) · April 30, 2026
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Summary
Dr. Wensler Nossi of Apache Stronghold told lawmakers that a Forest Service land transfer to Resolution Copper threatens Oak Flat, a sacred tribal site, and said he has introduced HR 7957 to protect remaining areas of the Tonto National Forest.
Dr. Wensler Nossi Sr., founder and director of Apache Stronghold, told the hearing that Oak Flat is "historically significant, but spiritually indispensable to the Apache people," and described years of advocacy and legal challenges to protect the site from mining.
Nossi said a recent Forest Service land transfer to the…
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