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Interior bans drilling around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon to protect sacred, historic sites

KUNR Public Radio | By Kaleb Roedel
Published June 7, 2023 at 2:01 PM MDT
Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwest New Mexico is a Native American site that many tribes in the Southwest trace back their ancestry.
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwest New Mexico is a Native American site that many tribes in the Southwest trace back their ancestry.

The Biden administration has ordered a 20-year ban on new oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico, a landscape considered sacred to many tribes.

The Biden administration has ordered a 20-year ban on new oil and gas development around Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico, a landscape considered sacred to many tribes.

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