09/18/2023
https://congress.gov...
"I expect we will hear the usual complaints that the bedrock environmental laws or endangered species protections are the real problem..."
"Through tribal co-management, we can lift up Indigenous voices, while continuing to meet our obligations to protect the climate and conserve Federal lands."
"But if we want to begin this conversation about tribal co-management meaningfully, first, we must acknowledge and come to terms with this country's history."
"Congress must formally acknowledge that the lands we now know as the United States are the ancestral homelands of millions of Indigenous Peoples, who were killed, removed, or relocated."