A coalition of Native American tribes with strong cultural connections to lands now found within and around Grand Canyon National Park called on President Biden to permanently protect their homelands near the canyon by designating nearly 1 million acres of federal public lands a national monument to protect sacred sites like Red Butte, cultural and archaeological sites, springs, and historical sites that figure prominently in Indigenous histories. The monument would include no private lands. If you’d like to zoom in on the proposed monument to see what it included, try this interactive map ›
Update: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. See a map of the new monument ›
Generalized proposed monument boundary map
Below is a simplified map that shows only the outline of the outer boundaries, not the state and private lands excluded from the monument.
