It's troubling that Senator Gardner is supporting Alaska's Senators who ignore the Gwich'in people of the Arctic that depend on the caribou that calve on the Coastal Plain, and Americans who own the Coastal Plain. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is federal land belonging to all Americans, not Alaska State land.  Sen Gardner is determined to support the oil companies despite a treaty with Canada to protect the Porcupine herd who calve on the coastal plain for the Gwich'in people who rely on the caribou for their cultural, spiritual and physical survival.  It's racism to deny indigenous people their treaty rights.  It's theft to steal public land from Americans for private gain. The people of Standing Rock were hosed with cold water in freezing temperatures and set on by dogs for standing up for their treaty rights.  It's shameful.  Yet Senator Gardner supports this shameful behavior with his votes.