I never thought I would agree with the Dept. of Interior, but they even see the evil in this Land Thieving trade with a Foreign Mining corporado. President Obama - youve started standing up lately. How about grabbing both of them in one hand and say NO to this evil land trade. As Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in her statement on the passage of the NDAA, which you can read here, I am profoundly disappointed with the Resolution Copper provision, which has no regard for lands considered sacred by nearby Indian tribes. In legislatively providing for the exchange of these lands, section 3003 short circuits the long-standing and fundamental practice of pursuing meaningful government-to-government consultation with the 566 federally recognized tribes with whom we have a unique legal and trust responsibility. Although there are consultation requirements in the legislation, the appropriate time for honoring our relationship with tribes is before legislating issues of this magnitude. The provision also significantly weakens the environmental assessment generally required by the National Environmental Protection Act -- an assessment that similarly should have been conducted before providing for the transfer of these lands. Moving forward, the Administration will work with Rio Tinto (Resolution Coppers parent company) to determine what can be done to work with the tribes to preserve these sacred areas. whitehouse.gov/webform/tell-us-what-you-think-about-we-people-and-petition-response-sacred-land?thanks=1&sid=68180076
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:20:43 +0000
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