FLAGSTAFF, AZ — The Grand Canyon Trust strongly supports the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition's Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument proposal to protect 1,102,501 acres of their homelands around Grand Canyon National Park.
These federal public lands are the ancestral lands of the Havasupai Tribe, Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Kaibab Paiute Tribe, Las Vegas Band of Paiute Tribe, Moapa Band of Paiutes, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Navajo Nation, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Pueblo of Zuni, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes. The tribes are the original stewards of these lands and their national monument proposal would protect a vibrant cultural and natural landscape, including vital waters that flow into the Colorado River.
Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument would honor tribes descended from the Grand Canyon region's original peoples and preserve the natural wonders and cultural landscape of the Grand Canyon region for future generations.
