"Will you commit today that the Department will support the program, and can you tell us a timeline for the implementation of this program?"
"no new pipelines"
"It is just concerning to me that the Navy could craft their end-product proposal, having it essentially ready to come up here, and then call a few conversations with Tribal leaders 'consultation.' Tha..."
"These are sacred homelands and resources for Native Americans, who have been on this land long before this was ever a country."
"You understand that we are on Indian land right now, and every single inch of this country was Indian land long before it was ever the United States of America."
"Their ancestors are buried there. And I hope you understand that as well, that when you have people buried, it becomes hallowed ground."
"And the idea that this land that is hallowed ground could be used for this type of training, it is really sacrilegious, in a way, to the people whose lives you will affect."
"It is almost like Tribes are an afterthought, when they should be a forethought."
"Consultation and community engagement has to come first, especially when sacred lands are involved."
"I feel that we need to actually hear from the Tribes here, or have their report in the record."
"Fox Peak is a highly sacred site to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, and the BLM has identified this area as a special Area of Critical Environmental Concern."
"I think that would be a good question to ask."