Leaders of the Bears Ears InterTribal Coalition welcomed Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s commitment to visit the Bears Ears region and hear about its importance to Tribal Nations and local citizens...
For more than a century, several Native American sites have been thoughtfully protected by Congress and presidents of both parties. Yet areas of great importance to our people still remain unprotected...
The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition has released a new publication, “Bears Ears: A Native Perspective.” This publication highlights the many cultural values of Bears Ears and calls for the protection of the region as a national monument...
Check out this new video featuring Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, head councilwoman of Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Regina speaks from the heart about Native connections to this landscape and the urgent need to save Americas most significant unprotected cultural landscape...
Former U.S. Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt publicly expressed his support for the Inter-Tribal Coalition's call for a Bears Ears National Monument and for an increased role for Tribes in the protection of sacred sites and access to places of ceremonial importance...
The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition issued the following statement regarding the newly released polling results from the highly regarded “State of the Rockies” report issued annually by Colorado College. This year’s poll shows 66% of Utahns support the creation of a Bears Ears National Monument, while a mere 20% oppose...
On December 31st, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition sent a formal letter to Utah Congressmen Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz, discontinuing discussions over including tribal objectives in the Congressmen’s Public Lands Initiative...
On October 15th, the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition formally presented to the Obama Administration our proposal for the creation of a 1.9 million acre, collaboratively managed national monument in southern Utah. A copy of the proposal was also delivered to Representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz of Utah...
Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Press Conference 10/15/2015 from Bears Ears on Vimeo. The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, a coalition of sovereign Tribal Nations, held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15, 2015 to discuss their proposal to the Utah delegation and the White House to designate a Bears Ears National Monument. Speakers are Eric Desc
More than 300 people from numerous regional tribes travelled to Bears Ears during July 17-19 for the first Inter-Tribal Summer Gathering at Bears Ears. Families from Ute, Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni tribes camped out on in a beautiful meadow at the base of the twin buttes where young and old had the opportunity to exchange traditional foods, exchange songs and dances, and celebrate the shared vision of protecting the region for future generations...
