These deficiencies cannot be ignored, and the Navajo people living on and around these lands cannot be erased.

What I believe is important is honoring that which is invaluable, that which can never be replaced, that which is spiritual and sacred to those who tell us what are the most important places, because it is not everywhere, right?

Public Lands Order 7923 Disregards the Voice of the Navajo Nation and Fails to Honor Navajo Sovereignty

Tribal sovereignty must be respected even when it is not politically expedient.

Letter to Committee from 6 Organizations, dated July 12, 2023.

I think the intent is excellent. I think the mandate codified into law is appropriate and right, but you hate to set up not just the agency but the expectations in Indian Country that now with this mandated timeline, things will move…

And sometimes, at least my experience with a conflict matter in Arizona having to do with perpetual conflicts having to do with a mine, the Udall Center was brought in at the behest of parties at the most embittered part of the conflict.

I think the conflict resolution that I have seen work from the Udall Foundation early on, the meeting, the collaboration, and work that out.

You can't just walk away sometimes and shift the costs, whether it is a tribe or most of the time if it is a trust land issue, it is a tribe that you shift the cost to.

To Nizhoni Ani, Letter to Committee, dated July 12, 2023.

The Udall Foundation provides critical opportunities for Indigenous youth to develop important skills to do just that.