Interview with Dwight Metzger

In anticipation of the Day of Prayer for Oak Flat on Nov. 4, we talk to Dwight Metzger, who has struggled with Apache Stronghold for decades to protect their sacred ancestral lands from destruction by a copper mine. In this interview, Dwight talks about the importance of the sacred sites of Oak Flat and Mount Graham for the San Carlos Apache and how he has been converted from the worldview of Western corporate environmentalism to one that follows the leadership of Indigenous people.

For more information about the Nov. 4, 2023, Day of Prayer, please go here.

Other websites:
Dwight’s union print shop, The Gloo Factory
To learn more about Oak Flat and Mount Graham, go to the Apache Stronghold website

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Correction: In this episode, Sarah refers to the mine that Resolution Copper wants to build at Oak Flat as an open pit copper mine. Actually, the copper deposit is one mile underground, which is why Resolution Copper is proposing an unproven "block and cave" method to extract the copper. The process is also sometimes referred to as block caving.