The Apache Stronghold – Saving Oak Flats

Chiricahua Apache daughter and mother activists, Naelyn Pike and Vanessa Nosie, tell their story of resistance to protect sacred site, Oak Flat, from destruction by mining through the Apache Stronghold movement.

This presentation took place in the Indigeneity Forum at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference.
Indigeneity is a Native-led Program within Bioneers/Collective Heritage Institute that promotes indigenous knowledge and approaches to solve the earth’s most pressing environmental and social issues through respectful dialogue.

 

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