A Sacred Place Undone by Trump Must Be Saved by Biden
Bears Ears is one of the nation’s most compelling and mysterious landscapes and a place of worship for Native Americans.
By David Roberts
Mr. Roberts is the author of “The Bears Ears: A Human History of America’s Most Endangered Wilderness
,” published this week.
Feb. 26, 2021
Valley of the Gods at the Bears Ears National Monument, in Utah.Credit.Sumiko Scott/Moment, via Getty Images
The American West embraces more than its share of spectacular landscapes. But there’s nothing else quite like the vast swath of canyons, mesas, sandstone spires and arches that stretches some 80 miles from north to south in the southeast corner of Utah, ranging in altitude from sagebrush flats to pinyon-and-juniper forests and old growth stands of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
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Recap: #DebForInterior confirmation hearing
Haaland, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, spoke in the Keres language, acknowledged the nation’s capital as the homelands of the Nakochtank, Anacostan and Piscataway peoples and responded to numerous questions about the Biden administration’s priorities should be confirmed to lead the Department of the Interior at the hearing on Tuesday.
“If an Indigenous woman from humble beginnings can be confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, our country holds promise for everyone,” Haaland said in her opening statement.
Thank you, to my friend @RepDonYoung for introducing me at my confirmation hearing. I’m incredibly grateful for your support and the bipartisan solutions we were able to accomplish together. pic.twitter.com/IzBbahwSiF Deb Haaland (@DebHaalandNM) February 23, 2021