President Biden’s freeze announced last week on oil and gas leasing and permitting on federal and tribal lands produced something of a fiery response from one Native American tribe that produces oil from its lands.
Leaders of the Ute Indian tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation contend the order was a violation of their sovereignty.
Reuters reported the Utah tribe blasted acting U.S. Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega for issuing the two-month moratorium.
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