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Sec. Haaland visits Bears Ears, but plans only one hour for Grand Staircase-Escalante
She s vowed to listen, but can only spend so much time on the ground.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland spent two days this week in San Juan County, touring Bears Ears National Monument as part of her executive-ordered review of the Utah monument for President Joe Biden.
However, besides a 30-minute press conference in Blanding on Thursday, Haaland made none of her meetings with stakeholders fully public and would not release the schedule for her one-hour visit to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Friday, according to DOI staff.
Native and Indigenous people disproportionately affected by COVID-19
Protect Native Elders is a volunteer organization focused on helping Indigenous communities fight COVID-19. Pictured above, Protect Native Elders provided 700 face shields to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. (Bleu Adams)
Tamra Borchardt-Slayton stood outside the window of the hospital where her grandmother was being treated for COVID-19. Borchardt-Slayton was only able to wave at her grandmother before she was intubated.
“Currently, my grandmother’s in the ICU. We haven’t had any contact with her; it’s one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever had to deal with,” she said.