Revealed: Trump officials rush to mine desert haven native tribes consider holy

Administration seeks to transfer ownership of Arizona area to mining company with ties to the destruction of an Aboriginal site

Since January, San Carlos Apache tribal member Wendsler Nosie Sr has been sleeping in a teepee at a campground in south-eastern Arizona's Oak Flat, a sprawling high desert oasis filled with groves of ancient oaks and towering rock spires.

It is a protest in defense of holy ground" where the Apache have prayed and performed ceremonies for centuries.