Tribal leaders call Bears Ears opening an ‘unlawful action’
Indian Country Today. "Trump administration opens southern Utah national monument lands to development including grazing, mining, and oil and gas development."
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02, 2020
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10, 2019
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10, 2019
All Pueblo Council of Governors historic return to Bears Ears
Indian Country Today. "The All Pueblo Council of Governors, representing the collective voice of the member 20 sovereign Pueblo nations of New Mexico and Texas, convened last week Thursday in Bears Ears affirming commitment to protect the precious and vulnerable sacred sites within the Bears Ears cultural landscape."
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09, 2019
Op-ed: How Indigenous communities are working to protect the climate
Indian Country Today. Find out more about projects created by Indigenous communities to address the various issues of climate change.
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08, 2019
330 mile prayer run reaches Salt Lake City
"Runners alongside Davina have included kids, youths and senior citizens. Few are experienced runners. As to why they’re running, they mention the shrinking of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, contamination from uranium mining, air pollution, the destruction of the Amazon rain forest, the Utah Inland Port and environmental justice."
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08, 2019
Rep. Cheney Accuses Tribes of “Destroying Our Western Way of Life” Over Sacred Grizzly Protections
Native News Online. “So, in striving to protect our culture, our religious and spiritual freedoms, our sovereignty and our treaty rights – all of which are encapsulated in the grizzly issue – we are ‘destroying’ Cheney’s idea of the ‘Western way of life’?” asked Tom Rogers.
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06, 2019
Cronkite News: Tribes support uranium mining ban on sacred and ancestral lands
Indianz Publication. " Tribal and environmental officials urged House lawmakers Wednesday to protect sacred land and natural resources by supporting a permanent ban on mining on just over 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon."
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06, 2019
Tribes back bill to ban new uranium mining around Grand Canyon
Indianz Publication. "They told us to keep fighting this fight, to protect our water and our existence."
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05, 2019
Trump administration offers another concession to tribes after loss in court
Indianz Publication. "The Department of Interior is backing away from plans to exploit ancestral tribal lands in New Mexico."
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03, 2019
Rep. Haaland Probes Trump Administration Official On Lack of Tribal Consultation in Bears Ears National Monument Decision
Native News Online. "Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, probed Trump Administration official Scott Cameron... over the lack of Tribal consultation for the shrinking of the Bears Ears National Monument."