In early November, Bernie introduced a bill to stop Congress from transferring sacred Native American land to a foreign-owned corporation, which plans to develop the largest copper mine in North America.

The land, known as Oak Flat, is located in the Tonto National Forest and has significant religious and cultural value to Apaches, Yavapais, and other Native Americans in the region.

Too many times our Native American brothers and sisters have seen the profits of huge corporations put ahead of their sovereign rights, it is wrong that a backroom deal in Washington could lead to the destruction of a sacred area that is so important to so many. We must defend the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are standing in opposition to this giveaway of our natural resources to foreign corporations.

The Save Oak Flat Act repeals a section of the National Defense Authorization Act that approved the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange Act.

The Land Exchange circumvents existing federal protections for Native American sacred and cultural areas. The companies who will receive the land under the deal, Rio Tinto P.L.C. and its subsidiary Resolution Copper, will reap tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer assets from the exchange.

Sign if you agree with Bernie: Do not sell sacred Native American land to foreign corporations, pass the Save Oak Flat Act.