President Trump’s action to revoke and replace the Bears Ears National Monument is not only an attack on the five sovereign nations with deep ties to the Bears Ears region, it is a complete violation of the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution...
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NCAI opposes President Trump’s efforts to reduce two monuments that hold tribal sacred places. Today, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamations reducing the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments in Utah...
Leaders of the Bears Ears Commission of Tribes (Commission) expressed dismay at today’s action by President Trump that attempts to revoke and replace Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah by creating two different, smaller national monuments that reduce protections for over 1 million acres of land...
Leaders of the five Tribes that advocated for creation of the Bears Ears National Monument expressed indignation over President Trump’s unlawful and unilateral move to revoke and replace Bears Ears National Monument...
Leaders from five Native American Tribes (Hopi, Navajo, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, and Zuni) today celebrate Congressman Reuben Gallego (D, Arizona) for his introduction of the Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act, a bill that would expand Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah to the full 1.9 million acre area proposed in 2015 by the five Tribes for permanent protection as a national monument...
Maps obtained today by the Native American Rights Fund show plans to drastically diminish Bears Ears National Monument in Utah...
Leaders from the five tribes that built a coalition to protect and advocate for the continued integrity of Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah (Navajo, Hopi, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni) expressed their dismay over Secretary Zinke’s unfortunate recent remarks regarding the fate of the Monument...
Today, the Bears Ears Commission of Tribes met in Moab to continue the work of planning for the management of Bears Ears National Monument. “It’s appalling that on the very day that we are meeting with federal agencies to forward the management plan for Bears Ears, we learn that President Trump has pledged to illegally reduce the monument,” said Shaun Chapoose, Commission representative for Ute Indian Tribe...
Tribal Leaders Outraged over Zinke’s Effort to Eliminate Protections for Bears Ears National Monument
