More than 400 supporters and tribal leaders gathered at the Monument Valley Welcome Center on Saturday, Jan. 7, to commemorate the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument.
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Navajo Jalen Cly, a U.S. soldier, was part of the color guard that opened the Bears Ears Monument celebration Jan. 7 at the Monument Valley Welcome Center.
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Former Ute Mountain Ute councilwoman Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk told about receiving a call from Washington on Dec. 28 with news that the president had designated the Bears Ears Monument, but that she couldn’t tell anyone until the announcement was official.
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Mark Maryboy, of the Utah Diné Bikéyah board, gave the crowd an overview of the years of work by Native Americans to achieve the Bears Ears National Monument designation. More than 400 grassroots supporters and tribal leaders gathered at the Monument Valley Welcome Center on Saturday, Jan. 7, to commemorate designation of the Bears Ears National Monument.
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Willie Greyeyes, chairman of the Utah Diné Bikéyah board, spoke about the united effort by tribes to work together for the Bears Ears Monument designation. More than 400 grassroots supporters and tribal leaders gathered at the Monument Valley Welcome Center on Saturday, Jan. 7, to commemorate designation of the Bears Ears National Monument.
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The Montezuma County delegation to the Bears Ears Monument celebration included: Standing, Matthew Sheldon, Ross Gralia, Graham Johnson, Heidi Brugger, John Gilliat, Sandy Culpepper, Read Brugger, and Martha Sheldon; and kneeling, Maiya Gralia, Karen Kinnear and Glynis Verrazzano.
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Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye applauded more than 400 supporters and tribal leaders who gathered at the Monument Valley Welcome Center on Saturday, Jan. 7, to celebrate the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument.
“This is what working together is all about,” Begaye said. “We are a powerful voice.”
Leaders and members of the tribes of the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition – Navajos, Hopis, Zunis and Ute Mountain and Uinta Ouray Utes – attended the meeting along with non-Natives, according to Barbara Stagg, of the Montezuma Alliance for Unity.
Among them was former Ute Mountain Ute councilwoman Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk.
“Each one of us has a right to stand proudly and say, ‘My voice was heard,’” she said. “We’ve changed history because we’ve stepped beyond consultation. We’ve got to protect the eloquent words of this proclamation. And second, we’ve got to defend the Antiquities Act.”
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