Does she really want to talk about 'destroying' a 'way of life'?" asked Rodgers.
Now there are fewer than 2,000 grizzly bears and our people live in Third World conditions on meager reservations in the poorest counties in the U.S. "I would remind the congresswoman that at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition an estimated 100,000 grizzly bears roamed from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast," he added. "So, in striving to protect our culture, our religious and spiritual freedoms, our sovereignty, and our treaty rights-all of which are encapsulated in the grizzly issue-we are 'destroying' Cheney's idea of the 'Western way of life'?" Tom Rodgers, senior adviser to the RMTLC, told Native News Online. The Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council (RMTLC), which testified at a congressional hearing in May on the Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act, took issue with Cheney's suggestion that hunters and oil companies' desire to profit off the demise of the grizzly bear trumps the heritage of native tribes and the need for biodiversity. When the bear was officially returned to the list this week, Wyoming Republican Cheney claimed that the so-called "radical" groups were "intent on destroying our Western way of life" and had pushed for a rule that was "needless and harmful to the ecosystem." Native tribes including the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes joined with the Humane Society and Wildearth Guardians to fight the administration. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) sought to allow trophy hunters to shoot the Yellowstone bears, whose population in the park is just over 700, and to open up the public lands for fossil fuel industries. Does she really want to talk about 'destroying' a 'way of life'?" -Tom Rodgers, RMTLCThe U.S.
"I would remind the congresswoman that at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition an estimated 100,000 grizzly bears roamed from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast.Now there are fewer than 2,000 grizzly bears and our people live in Third World conditions on meager reservations in the poorest counties in the U.S. The bear was officially returned to the list created by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Tuesday, nearly a year after a federal judge found that the Trump administration had exceeded its authority when it attempted to remove the species. Liz Cheney claimed the protection of the bear violates the "Western way of life."
Native tribes and their supporters on Friday defended their push for the continued inclusion of the grizzly bear of Yellowstone National Park on the endangered species list, after Rep.
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