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Native American leaders seek more from US consultations

This Nov. 22, 2021 image shows former Hopi Vice Chairman Clark Tenakhongva, right, talking with U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland after a celebration at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. Some tribes in the Southwest applauded Haaland's announcement that her agency was beginning the process to withdrawal federal land holdings near the park from oil and gas development for 20 years. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) This April 6, 2021 image shows U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland talking with tribal officials at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In her first year as secretary, Haaland has met with nearly 130 Native American tribes as she works to improve the tribal consultation process. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) FILE - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland meets with tribal governors following a celebration at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico on Nov. 22, 2021. Secretary Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) In this July 17, 2021 photo released by the Office of the Secretary Department of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland looks out at the Sabinoso Wilderness in Las Vegas, N.M. Secretary Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. (Felicia A. Salazar/U.S. Department of the Interior via AP, File) FILE - In this April 23, 2021 photo, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. Secretary Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) FILE - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waves after speaking to a crowd during a totem pole delivery ceremony by Native American tribal leaders and Indigenous activists, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 29, 2021. Secretary Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees. Native American and Alaska Native groups are seeing change under Haaland but some remain frustrated with the pace of action. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Native American leaders seek more from US consultations