2023-08-08 17:43:46
President Joe Biden will announce a new national monument on Tuesday to preserve and limit mining on nearly one million acres of land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park, which is sacred to the area’s indigenous and Native American peoples.
At an event in Arizona, the president is expected to sign the proclamation establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. This is the fifth new national monument established by Biden.
According to a statement from the White House, baaj nwaavjo means “where indigenous peoples roam” in Havasupai language, e i’tah flowers means “our ancestral footprints” in the Hopi language.
The monument encompasses 917,618 acres of public lands managed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Agriculture’s US Forest Service.
The designation seeks to honor Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples by protecting sacred ancestral sites and their historically and scientifically important features, while conserving public lands, protecting wildlife habitat and clean water, and supporting local communities. local community economies.
The White House explained that the new monument is made up of three different areas to the south, northeast and northwest of the Grand Canyon National Park.
It will be bordered by the Kanab Watershed and Kanab Creek drainage in the northwest area and the Havasupai Indian Reservation and Navajo Nation in the southern area, and extends from Marble Canyon to the edge of the Kaibab Plateau in the northeast area.
The Associated Press reports that advocates of limiting mining around Grand Canyon National Park have expressed hope that this is the reason behind the presidential visit.
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