This week Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is touring Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah, part of the Trump administration’s “review” of national monuments designated since 1996. It is widely expected this review and tour are precursors to eliminating or shrinking the national monument, which was established with support from an unprecedented coalition of Native American tribes who consider the land sacred. As Zinke tours Bears Ears, one of his guides, Senator Orrin Hatch, has made it clear he doesn’t think these tribal governments can think for themselves, and that he knows what’s best for their cultural heritage.
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Senator Orrin Hatch: Turning the clock back to the 1950s
May 10, 2017
Issue: Land Protection
Subject: Indigenous Issues, Lobbying & Politics, National Monuments, Utah
By Center for Western Priorities
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