President Biden designates his fifth national monument!

President Biden has designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona. This National Monument designation honors a cultural heritage with incredible biodiversity, precious waters, and the vital economic engine of the Grand Canyon region. For decades, Tribes have been calling for permanent protection of the approximately…

President Biden designates his fourth national monument!

On the 82nd anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth, President Joe Biden designated his fourth national monument today – the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. The National Monument will include three historic sites in Chicago, Illinois; Sumner, Mississippi; and just outside of Glendora, Mississippi. The sites tell the story of Emmett Till’s racially motivated…

New Proposal: Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon

Today, the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition along with Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Representative Raúl Grijalva from Arizona announced a new proposal to protect Tribal access and clean water. This Tribally-led proposal, the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument, would protect the iconic Grand Canyon region from threats like future uranium mining. Baaj Nwaavjo…

Official Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range National Monument Designations!

The official day has finally arrived! In November, President Biden announced during the annual White House Tribal Nations Summit that he intended to designate Avi Kwa Ame in Southern Nevada a national monument and last March, Secretary Haaland visited Castner Range in Texas. Today, the President honored his commitment to Tribal leaders, local elected leaders,…

President Biden designates his first national monument!

It’s here! President Joe Biden designated his first national monument today in Colorado – the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument. Our country’s newest national monument, located just two hours west of Denver, honors our nation’s veterans and their contribution to our military legacy by protecting the place, Camp Hale, where the 10th Mountain Division trained…