Families gather near a planned copper mine for what could be the last Apache Sunrise Dance at the sacred location.

I remember living on and off the Yavapai-Apache Nation's Reservation while growing up. I would run around the reservation barefooted to all of my cousins' houses. We would climb all over the light ...

Naelyn Pike talks about Lozen Brown-Lopez's Sunrise Dance at Oak Flat. The tradition is under threat due to uncertainty over mining.

The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the Apache community. I remember living on and off the Yavapai-Apache Nation's ...