Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
On August 8, 2023, President Joe Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.
Send a message to thank President Biden for honoring the Tribes’ deep cultural ties to the Grand Canyon by designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Photo: Jim Dublinski
Thank you President Biden for designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument a cultural heritage with incredible biodiversity, precious waters, and the vital economic engine of the Grand Canyon region.
At least 12 Tribes and Nations have cultural connections to the proposed monument (just under 1 million acres). This Indigenous-led proposal dates back decades to numerous efforts to permanently protect the Grand Canyon region from new uranium mining and other harmful development.
This monument will protect important cultural sites for Indigenous communities and habitat for endangered species like California condors, Mexican spotted owls, and the Fickeisen plains cactus. It would also protect hundreds of seeps and springs and habitat for endangered wildlife from the toxic impacts of uranium mining. These seeps and springs feed tributary streams that support flows in the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
Please continue to honor the stories, legacies, and voices of local communities by designating and/or expanding national monuments such as the Site of the Springfield Race Massacre in Illinois, Historic Greenwood/ Black Wall Street in Oklahoma, Molok Luyuk in California, and Great Bend of the Gila in Arizona. Thank you for your commitment to celebrating and conserving connections to the nation’s incredible public lands and waters, and for continuing to permanently protect natural, cultural, and historic sites, lands of great scientific value, and ocean waters that contribute to the ongoing and often-untold stories and true history of the United States.
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MBMark Baker signed 2023-08-19 10:24:54 -0600
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DBD Bello signed 2023-08-19 00:10:18 -0600Splendid!
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GBGary Brooker signed 2023-08-18 23:08:24 -0600
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RWRichard Whitaker signed 2023-08-18 22:22:22 -0600Thank you Mr. President. you have done a great and wonderful thing.
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BRBruce Revesz signed 2023-08-18 22:15:16 -0600
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DDDianne Douglas signed 2023-08-18 21:30:51 -0600
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PDPat Dosky signed 2023-08-18 20:47:46 -0600
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CRChris Rose signed 2023-08-18 18:59:59 -0600
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eOelizabeth O'Reilly signed 2023-08-18 18:29:41 -0600
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KVKristin Vyhnal signed 2023-08-18 17:40:12 -0600
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CGCaryn Graves signed 2023-08-18 16:58:17 -0600
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SSSusan Stephens signed 2023-08-18 15:10:46 -0600
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JLJim Loveland signed 2023-08-18 14:51:35 -0600
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GGGenevieve Guzman signed 2023-08-18 14:38:21 -0600Thanks also to the tribes who advocated!
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WCWilliam Crist signed 2023-08-18 14:03:47 -0600
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AWAli Wolpern signed 2023-08-18 13:38:13 -0600
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CGChristopher Geukens signed 2023-08-18 13:05:49 -0600
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GSGeorge Spruill signed 2023-08-18 13:05:26 -0600
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AZArlene Zuckerman signed 2023-08-18 12:45:30 -0600
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LVLiana Vazquez-Gits signed 2023-08-18 12:33:11 -0600
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WAWilliam Armstrong signed 2023-08-18 12:33:04 -0600
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JSJohn Steponaitis signed 2023-08-18 12:31:28 -0600
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Merita Whatley signed 2023-08-18 12:14:08 -0600Dear President Biden
Our sincere thank you for your vision and planning for the future in protecting tribal heritage by designating Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. -
RORollin Odell signed 2023-08-18 12:11:30 -0600Thank you for protecting the ancestral footprints in the Grand Canyon so that future generations of the peoples of today can view them and better appreciate the ancient people who lived there.
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SKSusan R Kilgore signed 2023-08-18 12:06:10 -0600Thank you for designating Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National omnument
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CSCaren Shiloh signed 2023-08-18 11:57:30 -0600
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RJRichard Johnson signed 2023-08-18 11:08:01 -0600
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VMVirginie Mitchem signed 2023-08-18 11:01:33 -0600Thank you all.
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PMPamela Miller signed 2023-08-18 10:49:57 -0600
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DPDebbi Pratt signed 2023-08-18 10:48:34 -0600