Native American Leaders Slam Biden Administration Over Oil and Gas Production Ban That Will Create “Greater Poverty”

June 9, 2023

A prominent Native American tribe is debunking the false narrative that the Biden administration’s policies are anti-poverty. This week, leaders of the Navajo Nation traveled to Washington DC to speak out against a ban on oil and gas leasing from Biden’s Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that “will wreak economic devastation on tribal members who rely on leasing the land for income.”

FOX News reports, 

“Leaders of the Navajo Nation, a federally-recognized tribe in the southwest, are heavily criticizing the Biden administration for its action last week banning oil and gas leasing impacting their citizens. 

In a highly-anticipated action last week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland finalized a ban on fossil fuel leasing within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park located near San Juan County, New Mexico. 

While she said the move would protect the sacred and culturally significant site, Navajo leaders have argued it will wreak economic devastation on tribal members who rely on leasing the land for income. ‘I really am emotionally distraught for our constituents that have been impacted by this,’ Brenda Jesus, who chairs Navajo Nation Council’s Resources & Development Committee, told Fox News Digital in an interview.”

According to these tribal members, the federal government failed to properly consult them on the action” and Haaland “potentially neglected her legal duty to protect rights of Navajo allottees.” This comes as Haaland is the subject of a congressional investigation about whether she abused her position to benefit the interests of extreme green groups that have paid her in the past and continue to pay her family. While the Biden administration claims to be fighting for the poor and vulnerable, they eagerly steamroll these Americans and push them into greater poverty to advance the interests of the radical and well-funded green lobby.