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COARSEGOLD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians sent a ceremonial missive to President Joe Biden connected Tuesday opposing the projected Range of Light National Monument.
The monument, projected successful 2022, would make a nationalist monument connected 1.4 cardinal acres betwixt Yosemite National Park and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
The Tribe claims the authorities failed to consult with the land's archetypal inhabitants oregon see the terrible adverse impacts the monument would person connected its ancestral lands, accepted practices, and modern economical opportunities.
“As the archetypal inhabitants of this land, we clasp an enduring transportation to the Sierra Nevada, including the areas encompassed by the projected monument. Our history, culture, and mode of beingness are profoundly intertwined with these lands,” said Chairwoman Tracey Hopkins. “Yet, this connection has moved guardant without immoderate meaningful tribal consultation, a cardinal process required by national instrumentality and policy. Our missive to President Biden makes clear, this cannot proceed without tribal voices astatine the table.”
Tribal members accidental the authorities not consulting with the Tribe violates national obligations arsenic cited successful the 2022 White House Memorandum connected Tribal Consultation. This highlights wide standards for engaging with Tribal Nations erstwhile their lands and communities are affected successful governmental processes.
“Alternatives specified arsenic placing affected lands into spot for Tribal Nations oregon establishing co-stewardship agreements indispensable beryllium explored to support our ancestral lands and grant tribal sovereignty,” said Treasurer Elena Sanders.
To sphere and support ancestral lands, culture, and economy, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians urges national leaders to prosecute with affected Tribal Nations earlier moving guardant with immoderate redesignation of territories.
