![]() The order was celebrated by many Pueblo communities and leaders, along with dozens of conservation organizations throughout the country however, the Navajo Nation contends that the withdrawal of the lands would deny Navajo Nation allottees access to their mineral rights. ![]() ![]() In June 2023, the Biden administration issued Public Land Order 7923, withdrawing approximately 337,000 acres of the federal mineral estate surrounding the CCNHP for a period of 20 years. The park is home to cultural sites that are the sacred ancestral homelands by the Hopi and Pueblo people. If the bill passes, it will nullify the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Public Land Order (PLO) issued last month that bans all new oil, gas, and mineral extraction within ten additional miles around the CCNHP. “The allottees felt like they were hit with a trash can,” Nygren said. Buu Nygren, who spoke in favor of the bill, said at Thursday’s Congressional hearing that the allottees, who represent less than 1% of the Navajo Nation citizenship, felt their concerns were not heard or considered.
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