A scheduled event hosted by the Biden administration was derailed Sunday after Native American protesters blocked top officials from crossing into their territory.
"To totally disregard those local communities – it's unfair," Nygren told Fox News Digital in an interview Saturday."There's no need to celebrate putting people into poverty, to celebrate undermining the Navajo Nation's sovereignty, undermining everything that comes into working with tribes, in this case, Navajo Nation."
"You can't pound your chest on going after people in poverty," he said."I don't know who would want to celebrate that. Personally, I think that's, I don't know, you got to not have a heart if you're going to put people that are already impoverished in third-world-country conditions and barely have enough to pay for gas, food, laundry, the daily necessities – to put them into an even tougher situation.
Overall, there are currently 53 Indian allotments located in the 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Canyon,for an estimated 5,462 allottees, according to Navajo Nation data. In addition, there are 418 unleased allotments in the zone that are associated with 16,615 allottees. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren criticized Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for moving forward with an oil leasing ban on Navajo lands.
According to the Western Energy Alliance, an industry group that represents oil and gas producers in the area, Navajo members will lose an estimated $194 million as a result of Haaland's actions.
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