Compare And Contrast Rio Tinto And Cherokee

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There have been laws set in place to protect the integrity and sovereignty of the apache tribes, however the american government tries to negate this rules by taking Apache land away from them. Mining companies have collaborated with United States government to give them position of reserved San Carlos Apache nation land. As author Derrick broze has noted, “Defence department funding bill grants… Rio Tinto, a 2,400 land parcel which includes parts of the tonto national forest…” (Broze). The Rio Tinto mining company desires position of those lands because of its rich deposit of copper found directly under the territory. This may not seem to be considerable compared to the 1,800,000 acres of land the San Carlos Apache nation has, but it is sufficient

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