Newly elected President Joe Biden, in his Plan for Tribal Nations, promised to “provide tribes with a greater role in the care and management of public lands that are of cultural significance to Tribal Nations.”1 This is one of the most powerful, consequential commitments he made during his campaign, signaling a recognition of—and willingness to confront—three fundamental injustices that affect nearly all aspects of U.S. natural resource policy.
First, all public lands that the U.S. government o