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.
734 reactions
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JOJohn Oda signed 2023-08-09 00:38:10 -0600
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TBTheresa Bucher signed 2023-08-09 00:29:15 -0600
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KRKeith Runion signed 2023-08-09 00:28:29 -0600Thank you!
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CBCandy Bowman signed 2023-08-09 00:26:28 -0600Thank You!!!!!!!
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PZPaige Ziehlermartin signed 2023-08-09 00:19:12 -0600
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MSMary Solum signed 2023-08-09 00:17:24 -0600
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DCDarlene Chirman signed 2023-08-09 00:16:37 -0600Great contribution to 30×30, and gratified to see increased protection of the Grand Canyon.
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CMChris Marks signed 2023-08-08 23:59:56 -0600
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CMChris Moore signed 2023-08-08 23:57:19 -0600Thanks for saving this beautiful heritage landscape!
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MCMatt Cornell signed 2023-08-08 23:52:56 -0600
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ITIgor Tandetnik signed 2023-08-08 23:50:15 -0600
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bsbarbara steinberg signed 2023-08-08 23:47:30 -0600
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MOMarta Overpeck-McCracken signed 2023-08-08 23:44:45 -0600
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MFMarilyn Fuller signed 2023-08-08 23:40:53 -0600
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JMJoe Marsala signed 2023-08-08 23:40:02 -0600
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RKRoger Kulp signed 2023-08-08 23:37:22 -0600
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BWBryan Wyberg signed 2023-08-08 23:27:33 -0600Thank you for making this very significant designation. We need more of our precious landscapes protected by the President.
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MAMichelle Alvare signed 2023-08-08 23:18:56 -0600
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MHMelissa Hathaway signed 2023-08-08 23:11:49 -0600Thank you for doing the right things.
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ACAllan Campbell signed 2023-08-08 23:11:24 -0600
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MHMolly Huddleston signed 2023-08-08 23:08:19 -0600Thank you for adding this treasure to our parks
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HMHolly McDonald signed 2023-08-08 23:07:17 -0600Thank you for working to ensure our country’s legacy of protections for our irreplaceable lands and waters by adding Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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LWLarry Weingart signed 2023-08-08 23:06:32 -0600
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GMGeorge Milkowski signed 2023-08-08 23:05:06 -0600
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TTTia Triplett signed 2023-08-08 23:01:52 -0600
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MKMary Kraeszig signed 2023-08-08 22:57:11 -0600
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