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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DBDavid Boyer signed 2023-08-10 18:30:55 -0600
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DSD.G. Sifuentes signed 2023-08-10 16:13:21 -0600
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SGSteve and Nancy Gould signed 2023-08-10 14:21:46 -0600
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RPRichard Phillips signed 2023-08-10 13:39:39 -0600
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RCRobert Cobb signed 2023-08-10 13:10:12 -0600
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WWWhitney Watters signed 2023-08-10 11:59:23 -0600
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SHSian Hauver signed 2023-08-10 11:12:07 -0600
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VWV Robert Wallace signed 2023-08-10 09:53:48 -0600Keep up the good work!
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mtmelvin taylor signed 2023-08-10 09:28:07 -0600
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BMBarney McComas signed 2023-08-10 06:28:05 -0600
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MZMary Zack signed 2023-08-10 06:25:19 -0600
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KFKathy Flocco-McMaster signed 2023-08-10 06:11:21 -0600
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KDKira Durbin signed 2023-08-10 01:38:57 -0600
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PDPatrick Diehl signed 2023-08-09 23:48:45 -0600
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SGShirley Gazori signed 2023-08-09 23:31:42 -0600
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CSCarl Stapler signed 2023-08-09 23:31:41 -0600
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MLMs Lilith signed 2023-08-09 22:46:42 -0600
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BKBarb Kruse signed 2023-08-09 21:55:03 -0600
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SPStamatina Podes signed 2023-08-09 21:14:42 -0600Every time President Biden uses his power to protect lands in our country, it helps to improve the environment and helps to improve the climate crisis that our planet is suffering from!!!
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KKKaren Kawszan signed 2023-08-09 20:08:44 -0600
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TWTrigg Wright signed 2023-08-09 20:08:17 -0600
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KBKaren Boehler signed 2023-08-09 20:00:13 -0600
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SHSteven Hill signed 2023-08-09 19:50:27 -0600Thank you very much for honoring this land long held sacred by the First Nation People.
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CCCarolyn Cruz signed 2023-08-09 19:34:16 -0600
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JNJon Nelson signed 2023-08-09 18:26:34 -0600Thanks Obama! Er, I mean Biden.
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BNB Nuckols signed 2023-08-09 18:22:27 -0600Good work Mr President!
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KKKris Knoll signed 2023-08-09 18:14:05 -0600
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GHGeorge Hanas signed 2023-08-09 18:07:27 -0600
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MAM. Arveson signed 2023-08-09 17:54:17 -0600
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DKDan and Lilly Kittredge signed 2023-08-09 17:38:39 -0600