{"id":8997,"date":"2021-03-11T12:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2021-03-11T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:46:00","slug":"she-even-protested-the-dakota-access-pipeline-deb-haaland-debforinterior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/11\/she-even-protested-the-dakota-access-pipeline-deb-haaland-debforinterior\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;She even protested the Dakota Access Pipeline&#8217;: Deb Haaland #DebForInterior"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=https:\/\/www.daines.senate.gov\/>Sen. Steve Daines<\/a> (R-Montana) discusses his <a href=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/she-even-protested-the-dakota-access-pipeline-deb-haaland>opposition to the historic nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico)<\/a> to serve as Secretary of the Interior.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to Daines, Haaland holds views on energy development that are not part of the &#8220;mainstream.&#8221; He cited her stance on oil pipelines that run through tribal treaty lands.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;She&#8217;s been enthusiastic in her calls to stop not just the Keystone pipeline but all pipelines, calling for a ban for all pipelines,&#8221; <a href=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/she-even-protested-the-dakota-access-pipeline-deb-haaland>Daines said on the floor of the U.S. Senate<\/a> on March 11, 2021.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n &#8220;She even protested the Dakota Access Pipeline herself,&#8221; said Daines, who serves on the <a href=\"https:\/\/indian.senate.gov\/\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/\">Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee<\/a>, which considered Haaland&#8217;s confirmation last month.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deb Haaland says she went to Standing Rock in 2016 to &quot;stand with water protectors.&quot;<br><br>She also says she supported Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other Indian nations because they felt they weren&#39;t adequately consulted about Dakota Access Pipeline.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DebForInterior?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DebForInterior<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoKXL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoKXL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1364250109387689985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nHaaland, a citizen of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagunapueblo-nsn.gov\/\">Pueblo of Laguna<\/a>, addressed her views during the hearing in February. She said she went to the #NoDAPL encampment in North Dakota because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standingrock.org\/\">Standing Rock Sioux Tribe<\/a> and other Indian nations felt they weren&#8217;t being adequately consulted about their own treaty territory.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usace.army.mil\/\">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<\/a> failed to take tribal views into account before approving the final portion of the pipeline. The agency has been ordered to take yet another look at the matter.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDespite opposition from Daines and other Republicans, the Senate is moving forward with Haaland&#8217;s nomination to lead the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a>, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities so tribes and their citizens.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAn initial vote is taking place on the afternoon of March 11. A final vote is expected on March 15.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<strong>Note: Cover photo of #NoDAPL encampment against the Dakota Access Pipeline by <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/40969298@N05\/28863631393\/>Joe Brusky<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/11\/nodapl-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"nodapl\" class=\"invisible\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" \/>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana) discusses his opposition to the historic nomination of Rep. 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