Looting & Grave-Robbing at Bears Ears National Monument- Ongoing Human Rights Violations Statement to the United Nations by Honor Keeler, Assistant Director, Utah Diné Bikéyah Click on the image below to read the full statement. ...
Angelo Baca provided this statement on the floor of the United Nations April 17, 2018. click on the image below to read the full statement. ...
Linked here are resolutions from Utah Navajo Chapter Houses opposing bills that threaten the 1906 Antiquities Act. The Utah Navajo Commission, along with Navajo Nation Chapters, including Oljato, Rock Point, Shonto, Teec Nos Pos and Tolikan Chapters oppose H.R. 3990, sponsored by Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT-1), and House Joint Resolution...
Broad Coalition Sues to Stop Trump Administration"s Unlawful Dismemberment of the Bears Ears National Monument For Immediate Release: December 6, 2017 [Washington, D.C.): A broad coalition of Native American, conservation, and historic preservation organizations, outdoor industry, scientists, and outdoor recreationists sued the Trump Administration today to strike down...
Tribes Respond To Trump’s Evisceration Of Bears Ears National Monument Contact – Gavin Noyes: (801) 521-7398, Braidan Weeks: (801) 372-6438 Elected officials from the Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe hosted a press conference to respond to President Trump’s elimination of 85% of...
"Over the past few months, each Utah Chapter House (comparable to a County government) held their regular Town Hall style meetings where each member of the community was given the opportunity to vote. Not surprisingly to local residents, 98% of the local Navajos (who comprise...
“President Trump Should Leave It Alone, Respect Our People”: Utah Diné Bikéyah Responds to Announcement that Trump Will Unlawfully Eliminate Portions of Bears Ears National Monument For Immediate Release: October 27, 2017 Contact – Gavin Noyes: (801) 521-7398, Nizhone Meza: (801) 659-0656 Today’s announcement by Senator Hatch that President Trump...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2017 Grassroots Native American people in Utah and beyond are deeply disappointed and aggrieved that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appears to have recommended reducing Bears Ears National Monument in his final report to President Trump regarding the National Monuments “review. Utah Diné...
Image above: UDB Staff Attorney Nizhone Meza with the Tribal Council of the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, the adopted Tribe of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The Fort Peck Tribes recently passed a Resolution calling on Zinke to "respect tribal sovereignty, …(by) honoring the...
UDB & Bears Ears Coalition Release New Media Kit on Origins of Bears Ears National Monument & What's At Stake In anticipation of Interior Secretary Zinke's final report on the National Monuments "review," due this week, Utah Dine Bikeyah and the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition have collaborated...