The Ongoing Defense of Oak Flat

A Sacred Place And A Sacred Quest To Save It: Oak Flat is sacred to the Apaches. A mining company wants to blow a two-mile-wide hole in it.

Wendsler Nosie, Sr. puts U.S government on notice, returns to defend Chich’il Bildagoteel (Oak Flat) - http://apache-stronghold.com/index.html

November 21, 2019

U. S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Forest Service, Individuals who have authority or oversee USFS property at Oak Flat;

and U.S. Congress:

I, Wendsler Nosie Sr., am writing this letter to serve as notice to the United States Forest Service and members of Congress, that I will be returning to my home, Chich’il Bildagoteel, Oak Flat. According to the United States Forest Service Policy, the Forest Service is to allow my presence on the land for religious purposes and provide for access to areas of religious significance.

I will be taking a religious position as an Apache and going home to my ancestral homeland. This is my religious right, my indigenous right, and my inherent right to return home to protect it from being murdered and protect our future generations, those yet to be born, so they have a right to their identity and religious beliefs. It is going to take religious education for this country to realize what it happening to the Earth. A murder is going to take place on a living being and on a religion if nothing is done by our Congressional leaders to protect our Holy Places to stop this murder by Resolution Copper. The country will then witness what a murder is and those who are responsible for killing the Earth, the Water and a Religion. The United States Government continues to ignore the indigenous people’s religion and the deceit of how America was founded. It is time the truth comes out. Real change is needed to protect our religion and those yet to be born. With the killing of the Earth, this will not only affect the indigenous people but all people in this world.

My return home is to continue to take the spiritual road and continue fighting this battle of evil through prayer as my ancestors have done before me. They were murdered and imprisoned in concentration camps which are now Reservations. They were promised that one day they could go home. We never thought this day would come but it was prophesied that the last battle would be our Religion. The Tonto National Forest Service Draft Environmental Impact Statement ignores historic and current religious practice at Oak Flat which is not only Negligence but is religious discrimination as well.

On November 28, 2019, I will start my spiritual journey to walk to Chich’il Bildagoteel, Oak Flat, to take my permanent residency and protect our holy place through ceremonies and prayer. For information contact Wendsler Nosie Sr., 928-200-7762, email apaches4ss@yahoo.com, Vanessa Nosie, 928-215-1476, email vnosie11@gmail.com, and Naelyn Pike, 928-961-0041, email naelynpike@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Wendsler Nosie Sr.

CC: Rep. Raul Grijalva, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, NCAI, ITAA, SCAT Chairman Rambler, Regional Forester Cal Joyner, Supervisor Neil Bosworth , Reverend Barber, Reverend Liz Theoharis, and Chairwoman Bernadine Burnette