National Arizona Day.
#arizona #phoenix #az #scottsdale #california #tucson #usa #texas #photography #travel #newyork #tempe #nature #phoenixaz #florida #desert #love #nevada #mesa #explore #lasvegas #art #hiking #arizonalife #roadtrip #phoenixarizona #visitarizona #sedona #chicago #colorado
https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/national-arizona-day/
#SanCarlosApache Tribe welcomes Federal Court ruling delaying trade of sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed #ResolutionCopper
By San Carlos Apache Tribe, Censored News, June 9, 2025
#SanCarlosApacheNation, #Arizona — "The San Carlos Apache Tribe welcomes Friday’s federal court ruling preventing the Trump Administration from trading sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed Resolution #CopperMining no sooner than 60 days after the government releases an environmental report expected to be published later this month.
"The #Trump Administration had indicated that it intended to trade 2,422 acres of #TontoNationalForest 70 miles east of #PhoenixAZ that includes Oak Flat to Resolution Copper immediately upon publication of the mine’s updated environmental report.
U.S. District Court Judge Dominic W. Lanza’s order 'preclude(s) the United States Forest Service from proceeding with the challenged land exchange until 60 days after the issuance of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which is anticipated to be issued on June 16.'
" 'We are grateful that Judge Lanza has provided us an opportunity to be heard,' said San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler. 'The two-month window provides the Tribe an opportunity to file an amended lawsuit challenging the legality of the pending environmental report and request an injunction to stop the land exchange until the merits of our case are settled.'
"The Oak Flat land transfer was mandated by a last-minute amendment to the FY2015 #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct that was added by the late Arizona Senator #JohnMcCain and former Arizona Senator #JeffFlake. The land transfer provision, which failed to pass Congress in previous years, avoided the normal course of business and was not debated before it was added to the mustsign [#NDAA] defense spending bill that was signed into law by President Barack #Obama.
" 'The bill that authorized the land exchange is not in the best interest of the American people, Arizona or the San Carlos Apache Tribe,' Chairman Rambler stated. 'We have filed this lawsuit because of our concerns of the mine’s massive use of groundwater, which will be devastating for both Arizona
and eventually the Tribe. We are also deeply concerned about the environmental destruction and the obliteration of Oak Flat will have on Apache culture and religion.'
"Resolution plans to collapse Oak Flat, known as Chi’chil Biłdagoteel in Apache, into a two-mile wide, 1,100-foot-deep crater. Chi’chil Biłdagoteel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Place.
"Resolution Copper is owned by Melbourne-based #BHP (45%) and London-based #RioTinto (55%), the two largest mining companies in the world. The Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China, which spearheads China’s acquisition of strategic minerals worldwide, is Rio Tinto’s single largest investor with a 14.6% stake. Both BHP and Rio Tinto rely on China for the majority of their revenue.
" 'We fully expect Resolution’s copper to be exported to China, which poses a national security threat,' Chairman Rambler said. “The United States already exports 30 percent of the copper produced by U.S. mines because of a lack of copper smelting capacity.
"'The Trump Administration’s Oak Flat appraisal concludes that Resolution’s copper will be exported to southeast Asia,' Chairman Rambler added. 'It’s clearly in the best interest of the United States to withhold publication of the Resolution environmental report at least until there is a change in the ownership of this project to companies that are not reliant on China for more than half their business.' "
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06/san-carlos-apache-tribe-federal-court.html
#Fight4OurExistence #ProtectOakFlat #LandBack #sacredland #OakFlat
#SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache #Apache #ReligiousLiberty #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
#ProtectTheSacred #ApacheStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #BecketLaw #ResolutionCopper #USPol #MiningTheSacred #NationalForests #CorporateLandGrabs #CorporateColonialism #CulturalGenocide #McCainShame
The only reason to move a company to Phoenix is to cheat on labor law.
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
DROPOUT KINGS Vocalist ADAM RAMEY Dead At 32
https://metalinjection.net/this-is-just-a-tribute/dropout-kings-vocalist-adam-ramey-dead-at-32
#AdamRamey #DropoutKings #PhoenixAZ #MetalBand #GregKennelty #Tribute #RestInPeace #Music #Arizona #Vocalist
We saw creative architecture, a magical nighttime art exhibit at a botanical garden, and viewed Phoenix lights from a popular lookout.
#MesaAZ #ScottsdaleAZ #McCormickStillmanRailroadPark #CosantiOriginals #MinersRockShop #PaoloSoleri #ArizonaFalls #PhoenixAZ #TontoNationalForest #TempeAZ #GreenNewAmerican #AmericanHorticulturalSociety #DesertBotanicalGarden #JapaneseFriendshipGarden #DobbinsLookout #LightBloom #Hybycozo #PedalHausBiergarten
NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks.
#Arizona - Skoden Coffee & Tea combines traditional #NativeAmericanCuisine with #activism
by Anna Ehrick, April 22, 2025
PHOENIX – "For Indigenous small business owner Natasha John, the road to owning a coffee shop has been long. About 300 miles, in fact.
"John first opened Skoden Coffee & Tea as a pop-up in Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo Nation, traveling to areas throughout the vast community in northeast Arizona.
"When people suggested she should move the business 300 miles south to Phoenix, John recalled she doubted the idea.
" 'I was really against it because I thought I wanted to be like a food hub on the reservation because it’s such a food desert,' John said. 'But I had the reassurance from my partner and colleagues that were helping me with pop-ups.'
"When an opportunity came in December 2023 to move the enterprise to a vacant spot inside For The People, an uptown #PhoenixAZ furniture store on Central Avenue, she jumped at the chance.
" 'Fortunately, we had a lot of success with that first location,' she said. 'When business owners say location means everything, it really does.'
"Skoden Coffee & Tea has now settled in its most recent home inside #CentralRecords, a record store on Central Avenue south of Roosevelt Street. It’s inspired by Japanese-style coffee shops referred to as 'kissa.'
"That’s a shortened version of 'kissaten,' roughly translated to 'tea drinking shop.' In Japan, a kissa is a spot where people can listen to music, usually jazz, while enjoying their tea.
"At Skoden, a variety of beverages and pastries are inspired by Indigenous cuisine, with ingredients like blue corn and oat milk alongside coffees and espressos. Among the most popular offerings are the Diné Matcha Latte, Honey Lavender Lez Love, Peach and Pecan Latte as well as blue corn donuts and croissants.
"For John and co-owner Jo Manuelito, it’s important to include elements of nostalgia from growing up on the reservation.
"This includes beverages that use Navajo tea, an ancient herbal tea using the dried leaves of Greenthread, also known as Thelesperma. The herb, with its thread-like leaves, contains anti-inflammatory elements, which is why the tea has been used for hundreds of years as tribal medicine.
" 'We do research into trying to restore a lot of things that were lost during #colonization in our diets,' John said.
'One thing that a lot of Navajo people are trying to revive is the use of #sumac. It’s used in a lot of #MiddleEastern communities, but our ancestors used to harvest it as well.'
"The use of ancestral ingredients is what John believes will help the #Navajo community not only nourish themselves but stay connected to their culture.
"Being #Indigenous and #LGBTQ+, John said she recognizes some of the difficulties she has faced as a business owner.
" 'I feel like there’s a lot of judgment and high expectations,' she said. 'People are constantly projecting onto us, always watching us and judging. This whole experience has taught me that we really need to grow thicker skin.'
"John said they want all customers to feel safe and welcomed, and said it helps that the shop is surrounded by other supportive small businesses like Greater Good and Last Laugh Tattoo.
"Skoden has a growing Instagram presence, with more than 15,000 followers. It hosts fundraising events for diverse communities and music festivals featuring small bands.
" 'Everybody does a good job of uplifting each other, and we get a lot of people in the area that come in and support local business owners,' John said. 'The shop can take credit for being a #SafeSpace where people can share the same values and ideas on social issues.'
"Charlie Amáyá Scott, a Native American scholar and transgender advocate, has visited Skoden and said her favorite drink is the Navajo lavender-infused honey tea.
" 'I adore Skoden Coffee,' said Scott, who also works as a social media influencer.
"She has taken to Instagram to support the shop, encouraging others who live near the area to check it out. She also has spoken out about the shop’s role in #activism and support of certain movements like #BearsEars, which involves a coalition of five Indigenous communities who want to protect the #BearsEarsNationalMonument.
"John said she wants customers to leave Skoden feeling supported and renewed.
" 'We have to remind each other what we’re doing this for and go back to those values of why we started this business,' she said. 'For us, it’s not about making money but trying to create change through serving coffee and providing a space where people can just heal.' "
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/04/22/indigenous-coffee-shop-offers-safe-space/
#IndigenousOwnedBusinesses #IndigenousFood #Decolonize #SupportLocalBusinesses #Arizona #NativeAmericanFood #CommunitySpaces #Healing
Next Friday in Phoenix! I’m back at Club Palazzo for 6 Feet Under’s Goth Night 🕸️👯♀️
Info / Tix - https://6feetunderphx.com/event/goth-night-april-11-2025
#phoenixaz #6feetunder #goth #gothic #darkwave #ebm #industrial
Protests planned across the country, including Phoenix, on Presidents Day
Shout-out to our Iron Front USA friends in Arizona who joined the protest today in Phoenix. :ironfront:
If you're in another part of the country but wish you could join a group like us, good news! We have folks all over the US and we support each other. You don't have to fight fascism alone, wherever you are.
If we're not your style, we are happy to point you in the direction of other groups to get involved with. What is important is that you find a way to fight that works for you. We especially love the quote at the end of the linked article:
“If you feel frustrated, don’t stay frustrated on the internet,” Duba said. “Get out and do something, meet people, talk to people, get involved in a campaign.”
#AmericanIronFront #IronFrontUSA #Antifascism #PhoenixAZ #Phoenix #Arizona #Phx #50501protest #50501movement
Hey #Phoenix peeps, anybody got any recommendations for who does the best purchasing prices for used DVDs?
It’s time for me to clear out my duplicates.
The December newsletter just dropped! Check it out for all things MVLC-related, and learn more about how we continue to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community and beyond.
https://bit.ly/mvlcdec2024newsletter
#newsletter #happenings #ahwatukee #phoenixaz #advent #christmas
#USNews #PoliceBrutality #HateCrime #GangActivity #PhoenixAZ via Mic Tyson / Ben Crump
"Circle k calls police on white trespasser
Police meet white trespasser and he says he won’t leave because a black man hit him
Police find black man and beat him before questioning.
After questioning police find out white trespasser made everything up"
https://x.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1860141719469105376?t=Zk1Dx-V7uarYaAQfh28m8A&s=19
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