Update: On 6-5 vote, appeals court rejects tribal efforts to prevent mining on sacred lands
Lawyers plan on taking ‘fast track’ to Supreme Court
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By the narrowest of margins, a group of Native American tribes in Arizona has been set back in its attempt to prevent the development of a copper mining project that would make it impossible for them to use land that they have considered sacred for hu…