Yavapai-Apache Nation Letter Supporting Grand Canyon Monument

The Yavapai-Apache Nation urged the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in a recent letter to President Biden. The proposed monument would encompass around 1 million acres of federal public lands north and south of the Grand Canyon and protect significant cultural and natural resources in the area. Read the letter to President Biden ›

Read the letter of support

Download the PDF ›

Related Resources

A December 2024 poll of 500 voters across Utah by public opinion research firm New Bridge Strategy found strong public support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, and for national monuments generally. In addition, nearly nine in 10 Utah voters say it is very important for tribes to have a strong role in […]

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, which protects precious water sources and the ancestral homelands of Native American tribes near Grand Canyon National Park. Download the poll memo › Download […]

A bar graph showing in pink 75% of Utah voters support presidents' ability to protect public lands as national monuments, compared to 25% who oppose in gray bar, from the 2024 Utah National Monuments Poll
Utah voters strongly support national monuments and Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in particular a December 2024 poll shows.