[JimSEA]

Native American campsite? Actually, it is a picnic ground built by the CCC during the depression and used as such by the locals. The story behind the location is that Apache warriors jumped to their death from an adjacent cliff - Apache Leap - rather than be captured by USA troops who had been chasing them. Nearby volcanic glass - perlite - pits containing some obsidian nodules that are called Apache tears have been attached to a tale that the obsidian are created from the tears of the Apache women to came to gather the bodies of the dead.

Actually the geology of the area is dominated by an extinct volcano called Picket Post.

So these tall tales combine with the fact that the area is loaded with Indian ruins from the time that the Apache invaded the lands of earlier tribal groups killing many of the earlier tribes. These other people, Hohocam and many others built extensive go back thousands of years. If you can't use some of these lands you'd have to depopulate the state. In fact, the Apache would have to go as they are "Johnny come latlely themselves.

[thackney]

MINE PLAN OF OPERATIONS
http://resolutioncopper.com/the-project/mine-plan-of-operations/

[PGR88]

That’s the beauty of multiculturalism.

Any group can declare anything ‘sacred’ and you just have to accept it, because, you know, Political Correctness is not questioned.

[TigersEye]

It’s a nice campground. I’ve stayed there a few times.
Has quite few campsites.

[IronJack]

About every 10 years or so, there's some newly minted "sacred lands" flap by some obscure tribe of Indians who want to hold up progress or extort casino money from Heap Big Chumps.

To hear them tell it, every stone, cactus, and pile of buffalo droppings is "sacred."

[Joe Bfstplk]

How sacred would the site be if they were building a casino?