Alaskan Native Americans unleash on Biden admin's climate agenda: 'Communities and culture are at risk'
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The Biden administration was criticized by tribal leaders in Alaska for its restrictions on fossil fuel development which provide a key source of revenue for their communities.
"My community unapologetically supports the leasing program," Charles Lampe, the president of the Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation, told lawmakers in testimony this week. "Many people try to steer the debate to caribou. For Kaktovik, it's about our people and having an economy to survive." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"Congress needs to fulfill its promises made to us over 40 years ago," Lampe added. "We will not succumb to eco-colonialism and become conservation refugees on our own land. The people have every right to pursue economic, social and cultural self-determination. The laws of the U.S. should support indigenous populations, not interfere with these basic human and political rights."