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Tournament: WFU | Round: 3 | Opponent: Mary Washington | Judge:
Inherency

Indigenous peoples want to develop renewable energy – leasing is their best option
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12

Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Mirroring this desire, many tribes are also becoming interested in energy development opportunities Perhaps
AND
between the United States and Indian tribes sometime makes this leasing process cumbersome.

Even indigenous entities need to get interior approval to develop energy
Indigenous Land Tenure Foundation, 12

Indian Land Tenure Foundation, “Leasing Indian Land,” http://www.iltf.org/resources/leasing-indian-land DLP WPT
Language edited – nationized and indigenized
With very few exceptions, an Application to Lease Indian Trust Land (residential,
AND
with a list of the landowners’ names and addresses to acquire necessary consent.

Current law restricts indigenous energy production by requiring BIA approval of leases. This
paternalistic policy destroys self-determination and undermines investment.
Pierson, Lead Lawyer, Indigenous Law, Godfrey and Kahn, ’7

Brian L. Pierson, “Establishing a Tribal Legal Framework to Support Housing and Economic Development in Indian Country,” Indian Land Working Group 17th
Annual Indian Land Consolidation Symposium, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2007, Oneida Reservation, Wisconsin, Radisson, http://www.gklaw.com/public_document.cfm?
id=2698andkey=6I2 ACG ROC

But under current law, tribes nations (other than Tulalip and Navajo
AND
because of the cumbersome red-tape, including the BIA approval requirement.

The recently passed HEARTH Act, though designed to increase indigenous control over wind and
solar development, is no different from the TERA framework established in 2005 to govern Energy
Resource Agreements. This framework has failed on account of its many requirements.
Dreveskracht, Lawyer, Galanda Broadman, 8-2

Ryan Dreveskracht, Associate, Galanda Broadman, PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian majority-owned law firm, 8/2/12, “Are Hopes for the HEARTH Act Too
High?” http://www.galandabroadman.com/2012/08/are-hopes-for-the-hearth-act-too-high/ ACG ROC

With much tribal indigenous and media fanfare, on Monday the President signed
AND
Expedite” part of the HEARTH Act’s title seems a bit too optimistic.

PlanPlan: The United States federal government should remove restrictions on the development of
wind and solar energy projects on indigenous lands in the United States.

By indigenous lands, we mean the land set aside by the United States federal government for
people it refers to as “Native Americans” or “American Indians”

Advantage 1 – Self-Determination

TERAs specify provisions of development agreements – undercuts self-determination
Unger, 10

Unger 10—J.D. Candidate, Loyola Law School. M.A., Linguistic Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (Kathleen,
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND: SELF-DETERMINATION AND WIND POWER THROUGH TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE
AGREEMENTS, http://www.tribesandclimatechange.org/docs/tribes_24.pdf) DLP WPT Language edited – Indigenized/
nationized
In fact, the TERA legislation and regulations specify in great detail the provisions that
AND
power, now may be the perfect time to consider this possibility.297

The environmental assessment framework devalues indigenous knowledge, focusing exclusively on
resources at the expense of culture and spirituality. This destroys indigenous societies.
Booth and Skelton, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, UNBC, '11

Annie Booth, Prof, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, and Norm W. Skelton, Prince George Northern Sustainable
Landscape Initiative (SLI), University of Northern British Columbia, "'We are Fighting for Ourselves' — First Nations' Evaluation of British Columbia and Canadian
Environmental Assessment Processes," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 13(3): 367-404, DOI: 10.1142/S1464333211003936 ACG WPT

Philosophical failures
Philosophical failures are the broader “principle” issues. To a
AND
which the extant literature on EA and First Nations does not meaningfully do.

Sovereign denial of subjectivity objectifies the indigenous other.
Carriere, Law, Tulane, ’94

Jeanne Carriere, Iowa Law Review, pp. 591-2 Language edited, indigenized

Though linked with empowerment and identity, the subject is not totally autonomous, but
AND
it and it exists, in a sense, as we know it.

This negates the value to life and justifies extermination.

Michael Dillon, Politics and IR, Lancaster, 99 Political Theory 27(2):
Quite the reverse. The subject was never a firm foundation for justice, much
AND
life. Herewith, then, the necessity of championing the invaluable itself.

Destruction of social diversity will cause planetary annihilation
Rich, winner of the UN Global 500 Award for Environmental Achievement, 94

Bruce Rich, attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council, has worked for the
US Agency for International Development, UN Environemnt Program, World Resources Institute, US Congress Office of
Technology Assessment, and the world bank, awarded the UN Global 500 Award for Environmental Achievment, 1994,
“Mortgaging the Earth”

The problem lies in pursuing freedom through a process that destroys its possibility. Economic
AND
and adaptation, rather than to the chimera of universal prediction and control.

Renewable energy development is the nexus-point for self-determination
Arizona Law Review ‘10

Bethany C. Sullivan, J.D. Candidate, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. “NOTE: Changing Winds:
Reconfiguring the Legal Framework for Renewable-Energy Development in Indian Country,” 52 Ariz. L. Rev. 823, Fall
JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Improving tribal ability to develop renewable energy would not only alleviate some of these economic
AND
energy industry, Congress is in the optimal position to spearhead this development.

Wind and solar are viable in different areas and choice is key to self-determination
Voggesser, NWF Director for Indigenous Partnerships, 10

Garrit, Director for Tribal Partnerships for the National Wildlife Federation, “Indians and Energy: Exploitation and
Energy in the American Southwest,” ed. By Sherry L. Smith, prof History, Acting Chair Clements Dept of History, Ass.
Director William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies @ Southern Methodist University, and Brian Frehner, Assoc
Prof History and Director Graduate Studies @ Oklhoma State University, 2010, pg 74, DLP WPT Language edited –
indigenized and nation-ized
Tribal indigenous lands contain many of the nation's renewable energy resources. Reservations
AND
their own decisions about what future energy development means to their communities.53

Advantage 2 – Environmental Justice

The status quo allows for cycles of colonial violence to occur on indigenous lands enabled by
exploitative agreements supported by the Government that destroy indigenous environments
Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, 9

Gough 9—Intertribal Council On Utility Policy; paper submitted by Honor the Earth, the Intertribal Council on
Utility Policy, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the International Indian Treaty Council (Bob, Energy
Justice in Native America, A Policy Paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress,
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1409857447) DLP WPT Language edited – indigenized/nationized
HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION AND ENERGY INJUSTICE
The history of resource exploitation, including conventional energy resources, in Indian Country has
AND
to leaky inefficient homes, and the need for a localized fuel economy.

The aff’s focus on indigenous worldviews supplants and informs hierarchical Western power
relations which dominate policy thinking expressed in their DAs – this creates a focus on balance
and reciprocity throughout policy formation
Robyn, member of Chippewa Nation and Ass. Prof Crim Justice @ Northern Arizona U, 2
Part of the Anishinabe (Chippewa) nation. She receive d her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University in 1998 and is
currently an assistant professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Northern Arizona University. (Linda, Indigenous
Knowledge and Technology, The American Indian Quarterly 26.2 (2002) 198-220) Cites Winona LaDuke, a member of
the Anishinabe Nation, author, activist, and scholar of environmental and Indigenous issues, DLP UVM PLS Language
edited – indigenized + nationized
Policy is built on a variety of philosophical and epistemological arguments, ultimately grounded in
AND
global society can be utilized in many ways, if given the chance.

Imperial control over resources has driven war AND outweighed by a factor of 20. Failure to align
ethics against imperialism risks extinction.
Eckhardt, Research Director, Lentz Peace Research Lab of St. Louis, ’90

William Eckhardt, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis (Ph.D., Psychology, Kentucky), February 1990: Journal of Peace Research, 27(1): 9-25, DOI:
10.1177/0022343390027001003, pp. 14-16 ACG WPT

While Wright seems to be emphasizing war as a function of civilization in the previous
AND
challenge is very urgent indeed. Life itself may depend upon our choice.

Wind and solar are compatible with indigenous culture and provide an alternative way of living and
interacting with the world than fossil fuels
Powell, Ass. Prof Anthro @ Appalachian State, 6

Powell 2006—Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Appalachian State (Dana, Technologies of Existence: The indigenous
environmental justice movement, www.cfeps.org/ss2008/ss08r/harcourt/harcourt3_powell.pdf) DLP WPT Language
Edited – indigenized and nationized
The significance of the relatively recent emergence of wind and solar technologies as tribal development
AND
development projects and increased decentralization and ownership over the means of power production.

Indigenous renewable energy resolves the false choice between development and preservation of
culture and lands and can revitalize indigenous economies
Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, 9

Gough 9—Intertribal Council On Utility Policy; paper submitted by Honor the Earth, the Intertribal Council on
Utility Policy, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the International Indian Treaty Council (Bob, Energy
Justice in Native America, A Policy Paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress,
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1409857447) DLP WPT Language edited – indigenized/nationized
HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION AND ENERGY INJUSTICE
The history of resource exploitation, including conventional energy resources, in Indian Country has
AND
weatherizing and retrofitting buildings, helping reduce the tremendous amount of money that exits communities to
import energy.

Solvency

Removing all environmental restrictions on indigenous energy production is critical to self-
determination - empirically proven with forest management
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12
Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

If Congress truly wishes the federal government to be free from liability with regard to
AND
indigenous nations “frozen in a perpetual state of tutelage.”155

Vote affirmative - Reconstitute your subjectivity through anti-imperialist struggle that dreams to
change the world.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Comp Lit and Performance Studies Prof, NYU, ’86

Decolonizing the Mind (1994 ed.) pp. 106-8

But the search for new directions in language, literature, theatre, poetry,
AND
Carter once saw sleeping not to dream but dreaming to change the world.

Research and advocacy can establish solidarity and enable progressive policy. Even if we don’t have
direct control over US policy, imagining ourselves as bound to others can challenge narrow self-
interest.
Schwedler, Poli Sci Prof, U-Mass, ’11

Jillian Schwedler, Joshua Stacher, Poli Sci Prof, Kent State, and Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Poli Sci Prof, Hobart and William Smith, “Three Powerfully Wrong--and Wrongly Powerful--American
Narratives about the Arab Spring,” Jun 10 2011, http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1826/three-powerfully-wrong_and-wrongly-powerful_americ GSU UPD

When people accept the argument that inconsistencies in US policies regarding the Arab uprisings are
AND
do more to show our support for what they have come to represent.

Concentrated solar power ready to be deployed on 83 reservations in US
Uconn Law Review, April 2012

Jessica R. A. Hamilton, Executive Editor on the Editorial Board of the Connecticut Law Review, April 2012, Connecticut
Law Review Volume 44 Number 4, “FINDING NEW POWER IN THE WIND, THE EARTH, AND THE SUN: A SURVEY OF THE
REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATED ON AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
FIRST NATION RESERVES IN CANADA,” DLP PRE
A. Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaics
Solar energy can be converted into electricity by one of two means, both of
AND
be equally well-suited to host high capacity concentrated solar power systems.

77 reservations can support viable large scale wind now
National Wildlife Federation 10

March 23, 2010, “The New Energy Future in Indian Country: Confronting Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Conserving
Nations,” Confronting Global Warming Report, released in collaboration with National Tribal Environmental Council,
Native American Rights Fund, and the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, DLP PRE
TRIBAL OPPORTUNITY
Many Tribal lands, particularly those in the Great Plains and Alaska’s coastal native villages
AND
tribal lands alone could meet 14 percent of the nation’s energy needs.8

Tournament: WFU | Round: 5 | Opponent: MSU GA | Judge:
Inherency

Indigenous peoples want to develop renewable energy – leasing is their best option
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12

Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Mirroring this desire, many tribes are also becoming interested in energy development opportunities:
AND
between the United States and Indian tribes sometime makes this leasing process cumbersome.

Even indigenous entities need to get interior approval to develop energy
Indigenous Land Tenure Foundation, 12

Indian Land Tenure Foundation, “Leasing Indian Land,” http://www.iltf.org/resources/leasing-indian-land DLP WPT
Language edited – nationized and indigenized
With very few exceptions, an Application to Lease Indian Trust Land (residential,
AND
with a list of the landowners’ names and addresses to acquire necessary consent.

Current law restricts indigenous energy production by requiring BIA approval of leases. This
paternalistic policy destroys self-determination and undermines investment.
Pierson, Lead Lawyer, Indigenous Law, Godfrey and Kahn, ’7

Brian L. Pierson, “Establishing a Tribal Legal Framework to Support Housing and Economic Development in Indian Country,” Indian Land Working Group 17th
Annual Indian Land Consolidation Symposium, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2007, Oneida Reservation, Wisconsin, Radisson, http://www.gklaw.com/public_document.cfm?
id=2698andkey=6I2 ACG ROC

But under current law, tribes nations (other than Tulalip and Navajo
AND
because of the cumbersome red-tape, including the BIA approval requirement.

The recently passed HEARTH Act, though designed to increase indigenous control over wind and
solar development, is no different from the TERA framework established in 2005 to govern Energy
Resource Agreements. This framework has failed on account of its many requirements.
Dreveskracht, Lawyer, Galanda Broadman, 8-2

Ryan Dreveskracht, Associate, Galanda Broadman, PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian majority-owned law firm, 8/2/12, “Are Hopes for the HEARTH Act Too
High?” http://www.galandabroadman.com/2012/08/are-hopes-for-the-hearth-act-too-high/ ACG ROC

With much tribal indigenous and media fanfare, on Monday the President signed
AND
Expedite” part of the HEARTH Act’s title seems a bit too optimistic.

Plan

Plan: The United States federal government should remove restrictions on the development of
wind and solar energy projects on indigenous lands in the United States.

By indigenous lands, we mean the land set aside by the United States federal government for
people it refers to as “Native Americans” or “American Indians”

Advantage 1 – Self-Determination

A. TERAs specify provisions of development agreements – undercuts self-determination
Unger, 10

Unger 10—J.D. Candidate, Loyola Law School. M.A., Linguistic Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (Kathleen,
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND: SELF-DETERMINATION AND WIND POWER THROUGH TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE
AGREEMENTS, http://www.tribesandclimatechange.org/docs/tribes_24.pdf) DLP WPT Language edited – Indigenized/
nationized
In fact, the TERA legislation and regulations specify in great detail the provisions that
AND
power, now may be the perfect time to consider this possibility.297

The environmental assessment framework devalues indigenous knowledge, focusing exclusively on
resources at the expense of culture and spirituality. This destroys indigenous societies.
Booth and Skelton, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, UNBC, '11

Annie Booth, Prof, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, and Norm W. Skelton, Prince George Northern Sustainable
Landscape Initiative (SLI), University of Northern British Columbia, "'We are Fighting for Ourselves' — First Nations' Evaluation of British Columbia and Canadian
Environmental Assessment Processes," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 13(3): 367-404, DOI: 10.1142/S1464333211003936 ACG WPT

Philosophical failures

Philosophical failures are the broader “principle” issues. To a certain extent this
AND
which the extant literature on EA and First Nations does not meaningfully do.

B. The status quo allows for cycles of colonial violence to occur on indigenous lands enabled by
exploitative agreements supported by the Government that destroy indigenous environments
Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, 9

Gough 9—Intertribal Council On Utility Policy; paper submitted by Honor the Earth, the Intertribal Council on
Utility Policy, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the International Indian Treaty Council (Bob, Energy
Justice in Native America, A Policy Paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress,
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1409857447) DLP WPT Language edited – indigenized/nationized
HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION AND ENERGY INJUSTICE
The history of resource exploitation, including conventional energy resources, in Indian Country has
AND
to leaky inefficient homes, and the need for a localized fuel economy.

Colonialism against indigenous peoples persists as a systemic denial of individual self-
determination – addressing over 500 years abuse of an entire people deserves ethical prioritization
Barsh, Prof Native American Studies Univ Lethbridge, 93

Russel Lawrence Barsh, Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Lethbridge and United Nations
Representative of the Mikmaq Grand Council and Four Directions Council, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform,
Winter, 1993, 26 U. Mich. J.L. Ref. 277 Language edited, indigenized DLP UKY PRE

If there is a fundamental cause of American Indian isolationism, it is 500 years
AND
. Also lost was confidence in the possibility of genuine self-determination.

Destruction of social diversity will cause planetary annihilation
Rich, winner of the UN Global 500 Award for Environmental Achievement, 94

Bruce Rich, attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund and Natural Resources Defense Council, has worked for the
US Agency for International Development, UN Environemnt Program, World Resources Institute, US Congress Office of
Technology Assessment, and the world bank, awarded the UN Global 500 Award for Environmental Achievment, 1994,
“Mortgaging the Earth”

The problem lies in pursuing freedom through a process that destroys its possibility. Economic
AND
and adaptation, rather than to the chimera of universal prediction and control.

Imperial control over resources has driven war AND outweighed by a factor of 20. Failure to align
ethics against imperialism risks extinction.
Eckhardt, Research Director, Lentz Peace Research Lab of St. Louis, ’90

William Eckhardt, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis (Ph.D., Psychology, Kentucky), February 1990: Journal of Peace Research, 27(1): 9-25, DOI:
10.1177/0022343390027001003, pp. 14-16 ACG WPT

While Wright seems to be emphasizing war as a function of civilization in the previous
AND
challenge is very urgent indeed. Life itself may depend upon our choice.

Renewable energy development is the nexus-point for self-determination
Arizona Law Review ‘10

Bethany C. Sullivan, J.D. Candidate, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. “NOTE: Changing Winds:
Reconfiguring the Legal Framework for Renewable-Energy Development in Indian Country,” 52 Ariz. L. Rev. 823, Fall
JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Improving tribal ability to develop renewable energy would not only alleviate some of these economic
AND
energy industry, Congress is in the optimal position to spearhead this development.

Wind and solar are viable in different areas and choice is key to self-determination
Voggesser, NWF Director for Indigenous Partnerships, 10

Garrit, Director for Tribal Partnerships for the National Wildlife Federation, “Indians and Energy: Exploitation and
Energy in the American Southwest,” ed. By Sherry L. Smith, prof History, Acting Chair Clements Dept of History, Ass.
Director William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies @ Southern Methodist University, and Brian Frehner, Assoc
Prof History and Director Graduate Studies @ Oklhoma State University, 2010, pg 74, DLP WPT Language edited –
indigenized and nation-ized
Tribal indigenous lands contain many of the nation's renewable energy resources. Reservations
AND
their own decisions about what future energy development means to their communities.53

Wind and solar are compatible with indigenous culture and provide an alternative way of living and
interacting with the world than fossil fuels

Powell, Ass. Prof Anthro @ Appalachian State, 6

Powell 2006—Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Appalachian State (Dana, Technologies of Existence: The indigenous
environmental justice movement, www.cfeps.org/ss2008/ss08r/harcourt/harcourt3_powell.pdf) DLP WPT Language
Edited – indigenized and nationized
The significance of the relatively recent emergence of wind and solar technologies as tribal development
AND
development projects and increased decentralization and ownership over the means of power production.

Solvency

Removing all environmental restrictions on indigenous energy production is critical to self-
determination - empirically proven with forest management
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12

Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

If Congress truly wishes the federal government to be free from liability with regard to
AND
indigenous nations “frozen in a perpetual state of tutelage.”155

Intellectuals in pedagogic institutions like debate can function as heterotopic borders, actively
occupying the sites between worlds. Through transgression, they can displace prescribed ways of
knowing, being, and acting. The safe space provided by debate creates an opportunity to valorize
marginalized subject positions, i.e., indigenous knowledge, existence, and decision-making. Vote
AFF to activate this space.

Janmohammed, English, Berkeley, 94
Between Borders, p.248
As such, pedagogic institutions are sites where borders are constantly drawn and redrawn—
AND
can the intellectual articulate his/her specular, antagonistic, transgressive potentiality.

Vote affirmative - Reconstitute your subjectivity through anti-imperialist struggle that dreams to
change the world.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Comp Lit and Performance Studies Prof, NYU, ’86

Decolonizing the Mind (1994 ed.) pp. 106-8

But the search for new directions in language, literature, theatre, poetry,
AND
Carter once saw sleeping not to dream but dreaming to change the world.

Just Do It! Prioritize the AFF’s action-oriented thought, or phronesis, over the NEG’s understanding-
oriented thought, or episteme. In the context of policy, the question of producing wisdom-in-the
world has more importance than the question of having accurate knowledge-of-the-world.

•

Ngugi: “not to interpret, but to change”.

Aikenhead, Curriculum Studies Prof, Saskatchewan, ’8

Aikenhead, Glen. “Objectivity: The Opiate of the Academic?” Cultural Studies of Science Education 3, no. 3 (2008): 581–585. DOI: 10.1007/s11422-008-9126-9. pp.
ACG UVM

Indigenous knowledge in science education, the theme of this special issue, has evoked
AND
acting that produce experiences inviting and respectful to Indigenous students in science education.

The aff’s focus on indigenous worldviews supplants and informs hierarchical Western power
relations which dominate policy thinking expressed in their DAs – this creates a focus on balance
and reciprocity throughout policy formation
Robyn, member of Chippewa Nation and Ass. Prof Crim Justice @ Northern Arizona U, 2

Part of the Anishinabe (Chippewa) nation. She receive d her Ph.
AND
global society can be utilized in many ways, if given the chance.

Research and advocacy can establish solidarity and enable progressive policy. Even if we don’t have
direct control over US policy, imagining ourselves as bound to others can challenge narrow self-
interest.
Schwedler, Poli Sci Prof, U-Mass, ’11

Jillian Schwedler, Joshua Stacher, Poli Sci Prof, Kent State, and Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Poli Sci Prof, Hobart and William Smith, “Three Powerfully Wrong--and Wrongly Powerful--American
Narratives about the Arab Spring,” Jun 10 2011, http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/1826/three-powerfully-wrong_and-wrongly-powerful_americ GSU UPD

When people accept the argument that inconsistencies in US policies regarding the Arab uprisings are
AND
do more to show our support for what they have come to represent.

Concentrated solar power ready to be deployed on 83 reservations in US
Uconn Law Review, April 2012

Jessica R. A. Hamilton, Executive Editor on the Editorial Board of the Connecticut Law Review, April 2012, Connecticut
Law Review Volume 44 Number 4, “FINDING NEW POWER IN THE WIND, THE EARTH, AND THE SUN: A SURVEY OF THE
REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATED ON AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
FIRST NATION RESERVES IN CANADA,” DLP PRE
A. Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaics
Solar energy can be converted into electricity by one of two means, both of
AND
be equally well-suited to host high capacity concentrated solar power systems.

77 reservations can support viable large scale wind now
National Wildlife Federation 10

March 23, 2010, “The New Energy Future in Indian Country: Confronting Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Conserving
Nations,” Confronting Global Warming Report, released in collaboration with National Tribal Environmental Council,
Native American Rights Fund, and the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, DLP PRE
TRIBAL OPPORTUNITY
Many Tribal lands, particularly those in the Great Plains and Alaska’s coastal native villages
AND
tribal lands alone could meet 14 percent of the nation’s energy needs.8

Tournament: WFU | Round: 8 | Opponent: Bard | Judge:
Inherency

Indigenous peoples want to develop renewable energy – leasing is their best option
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12

Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Mirroring this desire, many tribes are also becoming interested in energy development opportunities:
AND
between the United States and Indian tribes sometime makes this leasing process cumbersome.

Even indigenous entities need to get interior approval to develop energy
Indigenous Land Tenure Foundation, 12

Indian Land Tenure Foundation, “Leasing Indian Land,” http://www.iltf.org/resources/leasing-indian-land DLP WPT
Language edited – nationized and indigenized
With very few exceptions, an Application to Lease Indian Trust Land (residential,
AND
with a list of the landowners’ names and addresses to acquire necessary consent.

Current law restricts indigenous energy production by requiring BIA approval of leases. This
paternalistic policy destroys self-determination and undermines investment.
Pierson, Lead Lawyer, Indigenous Law, Godfrey and Kahn, ’7

Brian L. Pierson, “Establishing a Tribal Legal Framework to Support Housing and Economic Development in Indian Country,” Indian Land Working Group 17th
Annual Indian Land Consolidation Symposium, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2007, Oneida Reservation, Wisconsin, Radisson, http://www.gklaw.com/public_document.cfm?
id=2698andkey=6I2 ACG ROC

But under current law, tribes nations (other than Tulalip and Navajo
AND
because of the cumbersome red-tape, including the BIA approval requirement.

The recently passed HEARTH Act, though designed to increase indigenous control over wind and
solar development, is no different from the TERA framework established in 2005 to govern Energy
Resource Agreements. This framework has failed on account of its many requirements.
Dreveskracht, Lawyer, Galanda Broadman, 8-2

Ryan Dreveskracht, Associate, Galanda Broadman, PLLC, of Seattle, an American Indian majority-owned law firm, 8/2/12, “Are Hopes for the HEARTH Act Too
High?” http://www.galandabroadman.com/2012/08/are-hopes-for-the-hearth-act-too-high/ ACG ROC

With much tribal indigenous and media fanfare, on Monday the President signed
AND
Expedite” part of the HEARTH Act’s title seems a bit too optimistic.

Plan: The United States federal government should remove restrictions on the development of
wind and solar energy projects on indigenous lands in the United States.

By indigenous lands, we mean the land set aside by the United States federal government for
people it refers to as “Native Americans” or “American Indians”

Advantage 1 – Phronesis

Sovereign denial of subjectivity objectifies the indigenous other.
Carriere, Law, Tulane, ’94

Jeanne Carriere, Iowa Law Review, pp. 591-2 Language edited, indigenized

Though linked with empowerment and identity, the subject is not totally autonomous, but
AND
it and it exists, in a sense, as we know it.

The environmental assessment framework devalues indigenous knowledge, focusing exclusively on
resources at the expense of culture and spirituality. This destroys indigenous societies.
Booth and Skelton, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, UNBC, '11

Annie Booth, Prof, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, and Norm W. Skelton, Prince George Northern Sustainable
Landscape Initiative (SLI), University of Northern British Columbia, "'We are Fighting for Ourselves' — First Nations' Evaluation of British Columbia and Canadian
Environmental Assessment Processes," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 13(3): 367-404, DOI: 10.1142/S1464333211003936 ACG WPT

Philosophical failures

Philosophical failures are the broader “principle” issues. To a certain extent this
AND
which the extant literature on EA and First Nations does not meaningfully do.

This negates the value to life and justifies extermination.

Michael Dillon, Politics and IR, Lancaster, 99 Political Theory 27(2):
Quite the reverse. The subject was never a firm foundation for justice, much
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life. Herewith, then, the necessity of championing the invaluable itself.

Just Do It! Prioritize the AFF’s action-oriented thought, or phronesis, over the NEG’s understanding-
oriented thought, or episteme. In the context of policy, the question of producing wisdom-in-the
world has more importance than the question of having accurate knowledge-of-the-world.

• Ngugi: “not to interpret, but to change”.
Aikenhead, Curriculum Studies Prof, Saskatchewan, ’8

Aikenhead, Glen. “Objectivity: The Opiate of the Academic?” Cultural Studies of Science Education 3, no. 3 (2008): 581–585. DOI: 10.1007/s11422-008-9126-9. pp.
ACG UVM

Indigenous knowledge in science education, the theme of this special issue, has evoked
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acting that produce experiences inviting and respectful to Indigenous students in science education.

Case Outweighs - Uniqueness: AFF advocacy of critical indigenous theory is more important than
NEG’s critical advocacy. Because it’s not discussed in academia or policy circles, it’s more necessary
to affirm it in the context of this pedagogical space. Voting AFF valorizes indigenous people and
thought in and of themselves, not simply as a means to another theoretical end.

• Contextualize this: “as does the K of insert (e.g., capitalism / humanism / rationality).”
Warrior, Director, Indigenous Studies, Illinois-Champaign, ’9

ROBERT WARRIOR is a citizen of the Osage Nation, which is located inside the boundaries of Oklahoma in the United States. He is the author or coauthor of four
books and is director of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA).
Warrior, Robert. “Native American Scholarship and the Transnational Turn,” Cultural Studies Review 15, no. 2 (2009): 119–30. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/
index.php/csrj/article/view/2041. p. 127 ACG UVM

In considering my own scholarly relationship to this issue, I find myself in agreement
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fields that over the years have sought out stronger ties to our work.

Indigenous worldviews emphasize relations between beings and nature and take a holistic view of
the world – challenges western hierarchies
Robyn, member of Chippewa Nation and Ass. Prof Crim Justice @ Northern Arizona U, 2

Part of the Anishinabe (Chippewa) nation. She receive d her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University in 1998 and is
currently an assistant professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Northern Arizona University. (Linda, Indigenous
Knowledge and Technology, The American Indian Quarterly 26.2 (2002) 198-220) Cites Winona LaDuke, a member of
the Anishinabe Nation, author, activist, and scholar of environmental and Indigenous issues, DLP UVM PLS Language
edited – indigenized + nationized
Policy is built on a variety of philosophical and epistemological arguments, ultimately grounded in
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global society can be utilized in many ways, if given the chance.

Advantage 2 – Self-Determination

A. TERAs specify provisions of development agreements – undercuts self-determination
Unger, 10

Unger 10—J.D. Candidate, Loyola Law School. M.A., Linguistic Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (Kathleen,
CHANGE IS IN THE WIND: SELF-DETERMINATION AND WIND POWER THROUGH TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE
AGREEMENTS, http://www.tribesandclimatechange.org/docs/tribes_24.pdf) DLP WPT Language edited – Indigenized/
nationized
In fact, the TERA legislation and regulations specify in great detail the provisions that
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power, now may be the perfect time to consider this possibility.297

B. The status quo allows for cycles of colonial violence to occur on indigenous lands enabled by
exploitative agreements supported by the Government that destroy indigenous environments
Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, 9

Gough 9—Intertribal Council On Utility Policy; paper submitted by Honor the Earth, the Intertribal Council on
Utility Policy, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and the International Indian Treaty Council (Bob, Energy
Justice in Native America, A Policy Paper for Consideration by the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress,
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1409857447) DLP WPT Language edited – indigenized/nationized
HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION AND ENERGY INJUSTICE

The history of resource exploitation, including conventional energy resources, in Indian Country has
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to leaky inefficient homes, and the need for a localized fuel economy.

Renewable energy development is the nexus-point for self-determination
Arizona Law Review ‘10

Bethany C. Sullivan, J.D. Candidate, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. “NOTE: Changing Winds:
Reconfiguring the Legal Framework for Renewable-Energy Development in Indian Country,” 52 Ariz. L. Rev. 823, Fall
JSN Language edited – Indigenized

Improving tribal ability to develop renewable energy would not only alleviate some of these economic
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energy industry, Congress is in the optimal position to spearhead this development.

Wind and solar are viable in different areas and choice is key to self-determination
Voggesser, NWF Director for Indigenous Partnerships, 10

Garrit, Director for Tribal Partnerships for the National Wildlife Federation, “Indians and Energy: Exploitation and
Energy in the American Southwest,” ed. By Sherry L. Smith, prof History, Acting Chair Clements Dept of History, Ass.
Director William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies @ Southern Methodist University, and Brian Frehner, Assoc
Prof History and Director Graduate Studies @ Oklhoma State University, 2010, pg 74, DLP WPT Language edited –
indigenized and nation-ized
Tribal indigenous lands contain many of the nation's renewable energy resources. Reservations
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their own decisions about what future energy development means to their communities.53

Wind and solar are compatible with indigenous culture and provide an alternative way of living and
interacting with the world than fossil fuels
Powell, Ass. Prof Anthro @ Appalachian State, 6

Powell 2006—Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Appalachian State (Dana, Technologies of Existence: The indigenous
environmental justice movement, www.cfeps.org/ss2008/ss08r/harcourt/harcourt3_powell.pdf) DLP WPT Language
Edited – indigenized and nationized
The significance of the relatively recent emergence of wind and solar technologies as tribal development
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development projects and increased decentralization and ownership over the means of power production.

Solvency

Removing all environmental restrictions on indigenous energy production is critical to self-
determination - empirically proven with forest management
Kronk, Law Prof Texas Tech, 12

Elizabeth Ann, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, “Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: The
Unintended "Great Mischief for Indian Energy Development" and the Resulting Need for Reform,” 29 Pace Envtl. L. Rev.
811, Spring JSN Language edited – Indigenized

If Congress truly wishes the federal government to be free from liability with regard to
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indigenous nations “frozen in a perpetual state of tutelage.”155

Intellectuals in pedagogic institutions like debate can function as heterotopic borders, actively
occupying the sites between worlds. Through transgression, they can displace prescribed ways of
knowing, being, and acting. The safe space provided by debate creates an opportunity to valorize
marginalized subject positions, i.e., indigenous knowledge, existence, and decision-making. Vote
AFF to activate this space.

Janmohammed, English, Berkeley, 94
Between Borders, p.248
As such, pedagogic institutions are sites where borders are constantly drawn and redrawn—
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can the intellectual articulate his/her specular, antagonistic, transgressive potentiality.

Concentrated solar power ready to be deployed on 83 reservations in US
Uconn Law Review, April 2012

Jessica R. A. Hamilton, Executive Editor on the Editorial Board of the Connecticut Law Review, April 2012, Connecticut
Law Review Volume 44 Number 4, “FINDING NEW POWER IN THE WIND, THE EARTH, AND THE SUN: A SURVEY OF THE
REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GENERATED ON AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
FIRST NATION RESERVES IN CANADA,” DLP PRE
A. Concentrating Solar Power and Photovoltaics
Solar energy can be converted into electricity by one of two means, both of
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be equally well-suited to host high capacity concentrated solar power systems.

77 reservations can support viable large scale wind now
National Wildlife Federation 10

March 23, 2010, “The New Energy Future in Indian Country: Confronting Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Conserving
Nations,” Confronting Global Warming Report, released in collaboration with National Tribal Environmental Council,
Native American Rights Fund, and the Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, DLP PRE
TRIBAL OPPORTUNITY
Many Tribal lands, particularly those in the Great Plains and Alaska’s coastal native villages
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tribal lands alone could meet 14 percent of the nation’s energy needs.8