Bears Ears National Monument: A home for all
By BRUCE NOBLE I recently had the privilege of visiting Bears Ears National Monument with Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, a member of the with Ute Mountain Ute tribe. During our time together, she pointed out landscape features and explained their importance to her people. Seeing Ute Mountain, the Blue Mountains (or Abajos), and the Bears Ears on the surrounding horizon amounts to something powerful in her culture. These cardinal points help to anchor the Ute Mountain Utes to the Earth. Reginaâs grandmother, Stella Eyetoo, lived as a child in the Allen Canyon portion of the Bears Ears area. In ...