BEAR EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH. APRIL 19 2021 - The leaders of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition extend our deepest gratitude to Secretary Haaland and her staff for meeting, hiking and sharing a meal with us in our traditional homelands of Bears Ears to discuss the future of this sacred place. It was an honor to share with you some of our perspective rooted in knowledge passed from
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (March 17, 2021) – The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, which includes the sovereign Tribal Nations of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Ute Indian Tribe, and the Zuni Tribe, strongly supports President Biden’s directive in Executive Order 13990 for the Interior Department to conduct a “review of the monument boundaries a
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (February 3, 2021): The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition stands united and in strong support of President Biden’s Executive Order directing a review of President Trump’s illegal proclamation rescinding and reducing the Bears Ears National Monument. Our Coalition includes the sovereign nations of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute Trib
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (November 10, 2020): The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, comprised of the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Ute Indian Tribe, and the Pueblo of Zuni, looks forward to working with the incoming Biden administration to restore protections for the sacred landscape known as Bears Ears. On December 28, 2016, we celebrated Presid
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (August 5, 2019) - The Bureau of Land Management on July 26th, 2019, announced the availability of their proposed Monument Management Plans (MMPs) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the illegally revoked and replaced Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). Despite repeated requests to halt the planning process until the courts review Trump’s
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (May 29, 2019) – The Interior Department continues to push forward with its Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) for the so-called Shash Jáa and Indian Creek Units despite pending legal challenges to the Trump Administration’s decision to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument into these two, much smaller units. Specifically, the Interior Department is conv
Official Letter to Secretary Perdue of Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Opposition to the Utah Roadless Rule
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (April 24, 2019) -- The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition rejects Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s appointments to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Monument Advisory Committee (MAC) for the so-called Shash Jáa and Indian Creek National Monument Units. These “Units” were purportedly created through an illegal action by President Trump attempting t
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (February 7, 2019) – Rising support for Bears Ears advances in the Senate. Senator Udall (D-NM) and Representative Haaland (NM-01), along with over one-hundred Congressional members, reintroduced the America’s Natural Treasures of Immeasurable Quality Unite, Inspire, and Together Improve the Economies of States Act (ANTIQUITIES Act). Hopi Tribe Vice-Chairm
BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (January 30, 2019) – The five Tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition commend Representatives Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) and Deb Haaland (NM-01) for their introduction of the Bears Ears Expansion and Respect for Sovereignty Act (BEARS Act). The BEARS Act would expand the protections of the Bears Ears National Monument to the Coalition’s initially propos
