Raúl Grijalva: “And we have an obligation to try to turn that around.”

USET SPF supports the efforts of Tribal Nations to exercise our sovereignty and self-determination to create viable and sustainable economic opportunities and job creation for our communities.

We cannot have meaningful tribal consultations as long as the mining industry has the automatic right to mine wherever they stake a claim.

This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.

The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.