Native American Tribes with ancestral, historical, and contemporary ties to the Bears Ears region have expressed their support for protecting this living cultural landscape through the Bears Ears Conservation Proposal.
Native American Tribes Supporting the Protection of Bears Ears:
- Navajo Nation
- Hopi Tribe
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
- Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe
- Hualapai Tribe
- Southern Ute Tribe
- Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute, Skull Valley Band of Goshute, and Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
- Pueblos of Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Ysleta Del Sur, Zia and Zuni.
- National Congress of American Indians
Selected Resolutions & Letters of Support
- Resolution by the Navajo Nation supporting the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (January 5, 2017)
- Statement from Ute Indian Tribe on the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (December 28, 2016)
- Statement from the Navajo Nation Council on the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (December 28, 2016)
- Statement from the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Pueblo on the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (December 28, 2016)
- Statement from the Hopi Tribe on the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (December 28, 2016)
- Letter from Ute Mountain Ute reiterating support for a Bears Ears National Monument Designation (December 19, 2016)
- Letter from the Zuni Tribe of Zuni Pueblo reiterating support for a Bears Ears National Monument Designation (November 30, 2016)
- Letter from the Hopi Tribe reiterating support for a Bears Ears National Monument Designation (November 29, 2016)
- Resolution of Support from Tri-Ute Council calling for a Bears Ears National Monument Designation (June 14, 2016)
- Resolution of Support from Utah Tribal Leaders Association expressing support for a Bears Ears National Monument (June 9, 2016)
- Press Release from the Navajo Nation calling on President Obama to protect Bears Ears as a national monument (May 19, 2016).
- Letter from the Navajo Nation to President Obama calling for a presidential proclamation of Bears Ears National Monument (April 16, 2016).
- Letter from the Hopi Tribal Council to President Obama calling for a presidential proclamation of Bears Ears National Monument and forwarding their resolution of March 26, 2016 (April 18, 2016).
- Letter from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to President Obama calling for a presidential proclamation of Bears Ears National Monument (April 13, 2016).
- Resolution of Hopi Tribal Council calling for a presidential proclamation of Bears Ears National Monument (March 26, 2016).
- Resolution of the Zuni Tribal Council expressing support for the protection of the Bears Ears region as a national monument (March 7, 2016).
- Council Members Address Misinformation Regarding Bears Ears Initiative (Press Release, October 28, 2015)
- National Congress of American Indians Resolution opposing Senator Mike Lee’s amendment to to the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 because it would undermine efforts to designate Bears Ears as a national monument.
- National Congress of American Indians Resolution supporting the Presidential Proclamation of the Bears Ears National Monument, including collaborative management between Tribal Nations and federal agencies.
- Speaker Bates Urges Obama Administration to Support the Bears Ears National Conservation Area/National Monument Proposal (Press Release, July 19, 2015)
- Resolution of the Navajo Nation Council expressing support for protecting large portions of Bears Ears.
- Hopi letter from Chairman Herman Honanie, expressing support for protecting the greater Cedar Mesa area, as well as Montezuma Canyon and Alkali Ridge.
- Hualapai letter of support for the conservation of the Bears Ears area.
- Resolution of the All Pueblo Council of Governors expressing support for protecting the greater Cedar Mesa area, as well as cultural sites throughout southeast Utah. In addition, the APCG has written a letter to the President and Congress urging them to protect the Bears Ears cultural landscape. The APCG includes the Pueblos of Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Ysleta Del Sur, Zia and Zuni.
- Ute Tribe of the Uinta Ouray Reservation expressing support for permanent protection of the greater Bears Ears region.
- Resolution of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council expressing support for the protection of the Bears Ears as a national monument.