On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed this proclamation, confirming, restoring, and supplementing the boundaries and protections provided by President Obama in 2016. The proclamation recognizes that the greater Bears Ears landscape has supported Indigenous people of the Southwest since time immemorial and continues to be sacred land to the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Pueblo of Zuni. Read the full proclamation ›
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Bears Ears National Monument Proclamation
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