Grand Canyon Trust. "It is clear that the Department of the Interior repeatedly ignored science, public opinion, local economic benefits, cultural resources, and all other available evidence to arrive at recommendations to eliminate protections for national monuments."
All Pueblo Council of Governors. "Pueblo nations remain opposed to the illegal attacks by President Trump against Bears Ears National Monument in Utah that shrunk the protected area by some 90 percent."
Native News Online. “I accept this award on behalf of the five tribes that make up the coalition. There are a lot of people on the coalition who put in their maximum effort, as well as Utah Diné Bikeyah. I cannot thank them enough,” stated Delegate Filfred. “I would also like to thank Conservation Colorado.”
Native News Online. "The Navajo Treaty of 1868 and the Bears Ears region are intimately connected, as the western canyons of Bears Ears National Monument served as a refuge or escaping area for several Diné bands/families. "
PBS. "Bears Ears, the monument, is the headline, but the fight itself goes far beyond just monuments. It goes to the relationship of the United States government with federally recognized tribes and treaty rights, which existed long before some of the states did." - Shaun Chapoose, Ute Indian Tribe Business Leader and Coalition Co-Chair
Office of Senator Tom Udall Press Release. "U.S. Senator Tom Udall led a group of 16 senators in calling on U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke to halt the development of management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments until legal challenges related to President Trump’s illegal attempt to shrink these monuments have been resolved."
Desert News. "Utah Dine Bikeyah leaders say ongoing grave robbing and looting of cultural artifacts [in the original Bears Ears National Monument] merit action and intervention, particularly by the United Nations' Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues."
The Hill. Opinion article by Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07). "I’ve watched this administration ignore America’s historic commitments to our protected federal lands as they put them up for sale to the highest bidder. I think I speak for many of us when I say we’ve had enough."
Native News Online. “I admire our youth for protecting our way of life, uniting tribes and bringing awareness to these issues in a positive-spiritual manner.”
On Friday, March 2, 2018, the New York Times reported on a trove of documents released on the process leading up to President Trump’s December 2017 Presidential Proclamation which purported to overturn President Obama’s creation of the Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah...
