US Secretary Ryan Zinke jabs finger at Indigenous woman during Bears Ears visit
Channel: ienearth
Date: 2017-05-09

This took place on Monday (5/9/17) - US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited Bears Ears Monument in Utah to review the use of the Antiquities Act on Bears Ears.
Cassandra Begay with the Native American advocacy organization PANDOS, approached Zinke and asked numerous times why he hasn’t met with leaders of the Bear Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition during his visit to Utah. After a few moments the Secretary quickly turned towards Begay, jabbed his finger in her direction and stated, “Be nice, don’t be rude.”

Begay recorded the brief confrontation with her camera.
In response Begay states, “I was scared, and my heart was racing. It felt condescending and unnecessarily aggressive. I have no idea why asking a simple question to somebody who is on a listening tour would react so aggressively.” #ProtectBearsEars #ProtectTheSacred