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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lrles roberts signed 2023-08-09 08:53:21 -0600
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CKChristopher Kornmann signed 2023-08-09 08:51:40 -0600
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CKChristine King signed 2023-08-09 08:50:43 -0600
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DDDavid Dragon signed 2023-08-09 08:50:43 -0600
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VWVicki Wheeler signed 2023-08-09 08:49:20 -0600Thank you President Biden for honoring tribal communities with national monument!!!
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KOKaren and Edward Osgood signed 2023-08-09 08:44:12 -0600
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RNRalph Notaro signed 2023-08-09 08:41:41 -0600
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BHBarclay Hauber signed 2023-08-09 08:40:39 -0600
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JHJessica Heiden signed 2023-08-09 08:39:30 -0600
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SWSheila Ward signed 2023-08-09 08:38:57 -0600
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TRTimothy Root signed 2023-08-09 08:37:47 -0600
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MCMary Conklin signed 2023-08-09 08:35:10 -0600THANK YOU
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RSRev. Dr. David Sickles signed 2023-08-09 08:29:56 -0600
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DLDoug Landau signed 2023-08-09 08:28:15 -0600
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PBPatrick Boot signed 2023-08-09 08:25:03 -0600
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DMDaniel Manobianco signed 2023-08-09 08:20:51 -0600
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spsusan ponchot signed 2023-08-09 08:16:18 -0600
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MWMichael Wagner signed 2023-08-09 08:15:34 -0600
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DBDean Borgeson signed 2023-08-09 08:14:16 -0600
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MPMike Peale signed 2023-08-09 08:11:32 -0600
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LMLaura Moore signed 2023-08-09 08:11:13 -0600Wonderful preservation effort.
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CDCaroline Deegan signed 2023-08-09 08:06:47 -0600Thank you,Mr Biden, for protecting this sacred land and the Native people who live near it.
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KDKyle DeVasier signed 2023-08-09 08:05:31 -0600Thank you, Mr. President, for protecting our lands and listening to Indigenous people.
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JLJeff LaFlamme signed 2023-08-09 07:59:23 -0600
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jcjoyce cotter signed 2023-08-09 07:52:20 -0600
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DJDavid Johnson signed 2023-08-09 07:30:15 -0600
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LPLinda Prostko signed 2023-08-09 07:22:14 -0600
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DODeanne O'Donnell signed 2023-08-09 07:07:33 -0600THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT FOR STANDING UP FOR OUR WILD NATURAL PLACES AND NATURE!
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DBDavid Burtis signed 2023-08-09 07:05:40 -0600
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GSGary Shephard signed 2023-08-09 07:00:00 -0600