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Broad Coalition Sues to Stop Trump Administration’s Unlawful Dismemberment of the Bears Ears National Monument

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  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 the President’s extreme overreach of […]

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Locals Support Keeping Bears Ears Monument in Place

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“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 roughly half of San Juan County’s population of 16,000 people)

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Response to Hatch Announcement

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“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 plans to reduce Bears

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Secretary Zinke’s Final Report on National Monuments Undermines Trust Among Native Americans Across the United States

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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 Bikéyah Board Chairman Willie Grayeyes, a community

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Tribal Council of the Fort Peck Assinboine & Sioux Tribes

Utah Tribes plus Fort Peck Tribe pass Resolutions in support of Bears Ears

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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 Bears Ears region.” [vc_separator type=”transparent” position=”left” color=”” border_style=”solid” width=”” thickness=”15px”

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Native Voices Speak

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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 on a brand-new media kit that details the history

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