FACT SHEET: President Biden Designates Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
The new monument, marking the fifth new national monument created by President Biden, will preserve nearly one million acres of Grand Canyon landscape, sacred to Tribal States and Indigenous peoples, and preside over President Biden’s historic climate and conservation plans. would advanceCoinciding with the president’s visit, the Biden-Harris administration announces a $44 million investment to […]
Transfer of ancestral land to the Tohono O’odham Nation
Below are my opinions and analysis. Regarding the April 30th article “Tohono O’dam receives ancestral land”. First of all, I would like to clarify that the “movement to return ancestral lands” to the Tohono O’Dum Nation is not a new concept. A few years before his death in March 2020, I recall a conversation with […]
Native Americans demand accountability for ancestral remains identified at Dartmouth College
BOSTON (AP) — As a Quapaw citizen, Anili Johnson Jennings has always viewed Dartmouth College as a college for Native American students. Her father had graduated from a school founded in 1769 to educate Native Americans, and she had come to rely on its network of students, professors and administrators. But news that an Ivy […]
Protecting ancestral lands: Tribal coalition supports measure to designate monument near Grand Canyon | Williams-Grand Canyon News
GRAND CANYON, Arizona — Navajo and Hopi officials are among a coalition of tribes supporting a proposal to designate 1.1 million acres adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park as a monument. Sen. Kirsten Cinema, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Coconino County Superintendent Lena Fowler, Flagstaff Mayor Becky Daggett Call on President Joe Biden to Establish Bahji Nwabjo […]
