The Grand Canyon Trust opposes the U.S. Department of the Interior’s review of national monuments.
Resource Issue: National monuments
Arizona voters strongly support Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument near the Grand Canyon.
Voters in Utah overwhelmingly support Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
A December 2024 poll of 500 voters across Utah found strong public support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments
A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Utah voters strongly support national monuments and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular a December 2024 poll shows.
A December 2024 poll of 500 Arizona voters by public opinion research firm GQR found strong public support for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni.
Find out what Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument protects in this interactive story map.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Travel to the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon with a new digital story collection, which launched online today in advance of the first anniversary of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on Aug. 8, 2024. The story map was created in […]
This map shows active mining claims, including various uranium mines, inside the boundaries of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
According to Dianna Sue White Dove Uqualla (Havasupai), the Grand Canyon is one of the most powerful altars in this world.
See a map of public lands and tribal lands across northern Arizona, southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and northwest New Mexico.
Learn about the history of uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and the extra protections that Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument brings to the region. Download the lesson plan › Download the PDF ›
View the present-day tribal lands of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition tribes.
See the boundaries of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
See how the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni national monument fits into the region’s protected lands.
Zoom in on this interactive map of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
On Friday, August 11, 2023 the U.S. District Court of Utah dismissed lawsuits challenging President Biden’s designation of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. President Biden reinstated both monuments’ boundaries in 2021 after President Trump shrank them in 2017. Read the judge’s order › Download the PDF ›
GRAND CANYON, AZ — Today the White House announced President Biden’s decision to designate the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni (“where Indigenous peoples roam, our ancestral footprints”) – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, a victory for tribes who, for decades, have worked to secure greater protections for their ancestral lands and waters in the Grand Canyon region. […]
A June 2023 poll of Arizona voters found strong public support for designating existing public lands around the Grand Canyon as a national monument. A monument designation would protect precious water sources and ancestral homelands. View the findings › Download the PDF ›
the Havasupai Tribe’s ancestral lands, which span the Grand Canyon and Colorado River to present-day Flagstaff, Williams, Ash Fork, and Seligman, Arizona.
Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni combines Havasupai and Hopi words. Learn what it means and how to pronounce it correctly.
Native peoples have lived in the Grand Canyon and the plateaus above it since time immemorial, and they are still here today.
Hear from Stuart Chavez and Dianna Sue White Dove Uqualla about some of the plants, animals, and medicines found within the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
Native American tribes worked together to urge President Biden to protect their ancestral lands around the Grand Canyon as a national monument.
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes passed a resolution urging President Biden to designate Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. Read the resolution › Download the PDF ›
The town of Payson, Arizona passed a resolution supporting the designation of the tribally proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. Read the resolution › Download the PDF ›
The City of Phoenix, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and Phoenix City Council members expressed support for the designation of the tribally proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Read the letter › Download the PDF ›