The Biden administration defended its recent restrictions on new Alaskan oil projects by saying the move would protect Native Americans, but the natives living in the region say they were largely ignored in the decision-making process. The Department of the Interior on Friday finalized a plan to restrict future oil leasing and development across 13 million acres in northern Alaska and to effectively block a road needed to access copper, gold and rare earth deposits in the region. President Joe Biden says the move was made with the interests of natives in mind, a claim the North Slope Iñupiat, …