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Navajo Nation, oil and gas,
Jul 14, 2023

Oil and gas withdrawal stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe

Some Republican members of Congress on Thursday denounced the Biden administration's recent move to withdraw hundreds of square miles of federal land in New Mexico from oil and gas development, offering their support instead to legislation that would unravel the ban.

Clara Pratte, executive director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office, said the Navajo have been in the forefront of the exercise of tribal sovereignty, but she agreed that there is still room for improvement. (Cronkite News Service photo by Mary Shinn)
Feb 15, 2013

Tribes see greater sovereignty under Obama, but still have a long way to go

Indian Country made huge strides toward flexing its sovereign authority during President Barack Obama’s first term but it still has a long way to go, the president of the National Congress of American Indians said Thursday.

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