A space for Utah Diné Bikéyah board and staff to share their connections to the cultural Bears Ears landscape and beyond.
WASHINGTON — Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the members of the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names, a federal advisory group to help identify and recommend changes to derogatory terms still in use for places throughout the country. In November 2021, Secretary Haaland […]
“There is no reason for President Biden to delay on restoring Bears Ears National Monument and expanding it to 1.9 M acres. The people have already spoken. When Secretary Zinke conducted a public review in 2017, more than 2 million Americans submitted comments with 98% in support of protections. The same year, votes were held
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By Woody Lee, Executive Director (Feature photo by Cynthia Wilson, Traditional Foods Program Director) In an interview with the Utah Diné Bikéyah Communications Desk, Woody Lee virtually sat down with Alastair Lee Bitsóí, UDB’s Communications Director, and Willson Atene, UDB’s Office Assistant. The trio talked about what Voting Vigilance means under Mr. Lee’s leadership as the
By Willson Atene It was a crisp cool September morning; we woke from our slumber at La Posada Pintada in Bluff, Utah. This is before the big run – 350 miles from Bears Ears to Salt Lake City. We all met up in the lobby of a boutique inn and had breakfast. While eating and
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Feature image and written by Alastair Bitsóí Even though home – Naschitti, Navajo Nation, New Mexico – is 183 miles southeast of Bears Ears and not in San Juan County, Utah, I am still of the Bears Ears region. As Indigenous peoples, we do not see state or county jurisdictions as the borders to our
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Yá’át’ééh shí éí Willson Atene, Tóchiinii Nishłí, Tachiinii Báshishchiin, Ashiihí Dah Shí Cheii, Tł’ízí Łání Dah Shí Nálí. Tséł Báhídi shighan, t’áádóó Halgaitódéé éí nááshá. Greetings my name is Willson Atene, I am Bitterwater, born for the Red Running Into Water People, my maternal grandparents are the Salt People and my Paternal Grandparents are the
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Launching the “Seeds and Sheep” program is an act of food justice to show the Earth and universe that we are shifting back to cultural solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, and oppression on our food systems.
“Seeds and Sheep” program in response to COVID Read More »
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