President Biden plans to propose a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Canyon, a national park in New Mexico that holds historical significance to members of the Pueblo and other Native American tribes.
and UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern New Mexico that holds historical significance to members of the Pueblo and other Native American tribes.
"These efforts, again, to use the word my dad would use so much, are a matter of dignity," Biden said."That's the foundation of our nation-to-nation partnership. That's what this summit is all about." The White House said that while Congress has passed legislation to temporarily defer new leasing on the land, the administration’s plan considers a 20-year ban on such drilling in that region, which contains about 4,000 prehistoric and archaeological sites.
The Chaco Canyon’s remote site features massive stone buildings known as Great Houses that the Chacoan people built in the mid-800s, according to the National Park Service. The area became “the ceremonial, administrative, and economic center of the San Juan Basin” by 1050, the NPS says.
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