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1		-Counterplan Text: The United States federal government should pass the pre-Young amendment version of the Native American Energy Act (H.R. 3973) for coal, crude oil, natural gas, solar power, and wind power.
2		-Current status quo policies towards energy production on native land squashes any hope of self-determination—FREIDEL 6
3		-“Who Will Profit From Native Energy?” Research from Ph.D. Candidates/ Students: Ioana Lupu, Mayra Madrigal at Sonoma State University, Dolly Freidel, Ph.D. / Professor of Geography and Global Studies at Sonoma State University, Published in LiP Magazine, June 5, 2006, Title: “Native Energy Futures,” http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/25-who-will-profit-from-native-energy/
4		-Energy on Native American land is becoming big business. According to the Indigenous Environmental Network, 35 percent of the fossil fuel resources in the US are within Indian country. The Department of the Interior estimates that Indian lands hold undiscovered reserves of almost 54 billion tons of coal, 38 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 5.4 billion barrels of oil. Tribal lands also contain enormous amounts of alternative energy. “Wind blowing through Indian reservations in just four northern Great Plains states could support almost 200,000 megawatts of wind power,” Winona LaDuke told Indian Country Today in March 2005, “Tribal landholdings in the southwestern US…could generate enough power to eradicate all fossil fuel burning power plants in the US.” The questions to be answered now are: what sort of energy will Indian lands produce, who will make that decision, and who will end up benefiting from the production? According to Theresa Rosier, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, “increased energy development in Indian and Alaska Native communities could help the Nation have more reliable homegrown energy supplies.” This, she says, is “consistent with the President’s National Energy Policy to secure America’s energy future.” Rosier’s statement conveys quite a lot about how the government and the energy sector intend to market the growing shift away from dependence on foreign energy. The idea that “America’s energy future” should be linked to having “more reliable homegrown energy supplies” can be found in native energy-specific legislation that has already passed into law. What this line of thinking fails to take into account is that Native America is not the same as US America. The domestic “supplies” in question belong to sovereign nations, not to the United States or its energy sector. So far, government plans to deregulate and step up the development of domestic (native) energy resources is being spun as a way to produce clean, efficient energy while helping Native Americans gain greater economic and tribal sovereignty. Critics charge, however, that large energy companies are simply looking to establish lucrative partnerships with tribal corporations, which are largely free of regulation and federal oversight. For example, in 2003, the Rosebud Sioux of South Dakota, in partnership with NativeEnergy, LLC, completed the first large-scale native-owned wind turbine in history. The project was billed as a way to bring renewable energy–related jobs and training opportunities to the citizens of this sovereign nation, who are among the poorest in all of North America. NativeEnergy’s President and CEO Tom Boucher, an energy industry vet, financed the Rosebud Sioux project by selling “flexible emissions standards” created by the Kyoto Protocol. These are the tax-deductible pollution credits from ecologically responsible companies (or in this case, Native American tribes), which can then be sold to polluters wishing to “offset” their carbon dioxide generation without actually reducing their emissions. Since the Rosebud test case proved successful, NativeEnergy moved forward with plans to develop a larger “distributed wind project,” located on eight different reservations. NativeEnergy also became a majority Indian-owned company in August 2005, when the pro-development Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP) purchased a majority stake in the company on behalf of its member tribes. The COUP-NativeEnergy purchase just happened to coincide with the passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act. The act contains a number of native energy–specific provisions in its Title V, many of which set alarming precedents. Most outrageously, it gave the US government the power to grant rights of way through Indian lands without permission from the tribes—if deemed to be in the strategic interests of an energy-related project. Under the guise of “promoting tribal sovereignty,” the act also released the federal government from liability with regard to resource development, shifting responsibility for environmental review and regulation from the federal to tribal governments. Also, according to the Indigenous Environmental Network, the act “rolls back the protections of…critical pieces of legislation that grassroots indigenous peoples utilize to protect our sacred sites.” Some critics have derided the 2005 act as a fire sale on Indian energy, characterizing various incentives as a broad collection of subsidies (federal handouts) for US energy companies. America’s native peoples may attain a modicum of energy independence and tribal sovereignty through the development of wind, solar, and other renewable energy infrastructure on their lands. But, according to Brian Awehali, it won’t come from getting into bed with, and becoming indebted to, the very industry currently driving the planet to its doom.
5		-AND, Tribal leaders agree—the plan is the only way to increase tribal self-determination—GROEN 12
6		-Wilson, president and chief executive officer. Testimony on “The Native American Energy Act.” Before the sub-committee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. February 15th, 2012. Accessed August 10th, 2012
7		-The NNOGC fully supports the objectives of the bill, namely to eliminate or reduce undue Federal interference in tribal energy resource development, strengthen tribal self determination, and boost energy resource production on Indian lands. We support the provisions of the bill and, in particular, believe the following sections will go a long way to achieve these objectives.
8		-However, action on the legislation is uncertain—FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION 12
9		-June 20, 2012. Native American Legislative update. One Step Closer to Energy Development in Indian Country. Accessed August 10, 2012
10		-Although House leadership expect to bring to the floor a package of domestic energy production bills later this month, all of which have been reported out of the Natural Resources Committee, future action on the Native American Energy Act is uncertain.
11		-CP solves the aff—It gives natives self-sufficiency—PELHAM 12
12		-Victoria, Staff writer for Cronkite News. February 15th, 2012. Tribes back bill to ease federal oversight of indian-land energy projects. Accessed August 12, 2012
13		-Representatives from a half-dozen tribes spoke to a House Natural Resources subcommittee in support of the Native American Energy Act, which would expand tribal authority over energy development projects and relax some federal rules. “This is all very critical to the (Navajo) nation’s overall energy self-sufficiency and the economic development of the nation,” said Wilson Groen, president and CEO of the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Co. James Olguin, vice chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, called the current federal process a “major bottleneck” to Native American commerce. He said the bill would remove competitive disadvantages and “level the playing field” for tribes in energy development. “As we have stated repeatedly, ‘We are the best protectors of our own resources and the best stewards of our own destiny, provided that we have the tools to use what is ours,’” Olguin said in his prepared testimony. Among its provisions, the bill would limit Bureau of Land Management fee collections on some Native projects, set up energy development offices across Indian country and require a bond be posted by anyone who wants to challenge an energy project. The bill would also let tribes conduct their own reviews of energy development agreements, which is currently done by the Interior Department. Reviews would be automatically approved if the department failed to act on them within 30 days. Groen said that it currently takes about 1.5 years to get a drilling permit in the Navajo Nation, with others citing times from a year to two years or more. Supporters said they hope the bill can cut that time and improve economic dividends. Tribal officials called the bill a step toward their goals of increased self-sufficiency and increased energy resource production on Indian lands.

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