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The Biden administration is expected to soon finalize a rule banning oil and gas leasing near a Native American historical site in New Mexico, despite heavy opposition from local indigenous leaders, who say the rule would prevent them from collecting royalties on their land. “We’re not destroying anything — we are Native Americans ourselves,” said Delora Hesuse, a Navajo Nation citizen who owns allotted land in the region. “It just seems like they are listening more to the environmentalist people.”