For Immediate Release: June 1, 2018 Contact – Alastair Lee Bitsoi: (917) 202-8308 Click on the thumbnail image for the full size, official press release in a pdf document. SALT LAKE CITY – Mary Benally and her family have always called Bears Ears home. Her Diné ancestors were...
Click on image to view the official Press Release. For Immediate Release: May 22, 2018 Contact – Alastair Lee Bitsoi: (917) 202-8308 SALT LAKE CITY – Honor Keeler, assistant director for Utah Diné Bikéyah, has been appointed to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee by...
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2018 Contact – Alastair Lee Bitsoi: (917) 202-8308 SALT LAKE CITY – Malcolm Lehi will walk ten miles to the Energy Fuels White Mesa Uranium Mill from the White Mesa Ute Recreation Center Saturday morning. Lehi, who also serves as a board member...
For a downloadable PDF of the official press release CLICK HERE or on the image: Bears Ears - A Model for Sustainable Development in Utah? For Immediate Release: May 8, 2018 Contact – Alastair Lee Bitsoi: (917) 202-8308 SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah – Small business owner Persephonie Black relies...
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...