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...
For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 15, 2015) — The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition — an historic partnership of five sovereign Tribal Nations — today formally presented to the Obama Administration their 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 B
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
WASHINGTON, DC – The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, a coalition of sovereign Tribal Nations, will hold a press conference at the National Press Club to discuss their proposal to the Utah delegation and the White House to designate a Bears Ears National Monument. The press conference will be held Thursday, October 15th, at 11:00 AM ET in the Lisagor Room at the National Press Club in Was
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...
Patagonia has joined forces with members of the Bears Ears Coalition, including strong Navajo voices, to define the many practical and spiritual motivations for protecting this cultural landscape. In a Patagonia blog, Willie Grayeyes writes of the longstanding cultural ties of the Navajo to the region...
“Welcome home.” That was the message from the Navajo people to members of the Hopi, Zuni, Cochiti, Hualapai and Ute Mountain Utes, who gathered in Bluff, Utah last weekend for the first inter-tribal meeting to discuss the Native American-led effort to protect the Bears Ears...
We are excited to report that the Navajo Nation's Naabik'i'ya'ti' Committee unanimously voted to support permanent protection for the Bears Ears cultural landscape on March 12, 2015...
On November 29, 2014, the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG), a group representing 20 Pueblo Governors from New Mexico and Texas, met in Albuquerque, New Mexico and unanimously voted to support a resolution for the “permanent, long-term protection of cultural resources and sacred sites on public lands in the Greater Cedar Mesa (Utah) region through designation such as a National Conservation Area or a National Monument.”
