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OPINION: Upcoming meeting will highlight how tribal commission wants to protect Bears Ears
The Zuni people have a profound connection to Bears Ears that transcends government-created boundaries. Our ties to the Bears Ears National Monument are evidenced by the ruins and cultural artifacts left by our ancestors.
Honor Diné heritage and protect sacred land
The Bears Ears National Monument, known in Diné bizaad as Shash Jaa’, holds profound significance for the Navajo people, serving as a living testament to our rich heritage and deep ties to the Bears Ears region.
A Monumental Effort: Tribes and Federal Agencies Collaborate to Protect Bears Ears
Protecting the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) is not just an environmental issue; for the Ute people this landscape is a vital aspect of our cultural, historical, and spiritual identity.
Why We Are Here
By visiting Bears Ears, giving our prayers, and conducting our ceremonies, we heal our bodies and help heal the land itself.
Our Approach
Beyond just protection, these lands will be managed in an entirely new way incorporating Native American traditional knowledge as an intellectual partner to western science, where the land and all its component parts are the mentor, the teacher, the healer, and where all our other-than-human relatives are honored and respected in a dance of reciprocity.
Our Goal
To assure that the Bears Ears area will be managed forever with the greatest environmental sensitivity and healing of the land to make it fully a place where we can be among our ancestors and their songs and wisdom and our deepest values, where the traumas of the past can be alleviated, where we can connect with the land and be healed. A monument to all of these values will speak to the finest dreams of our people and those of the people of the nation and the world as well.
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Explore Remarkable Places in Bears Ears
Please read our respectful visitation guidelines if you plan on traveling to any of these culturally significant places.
