Tag: Arizona
More than a decade of campaigning by Native nations led to the creation of a new national monument
US President Joe Biden has designated a national monument in Arizona’s Grand Canyon where he said, “The Grand Canyon is a national treasure and we want to protect it…as much as possible.” The monument will be called Baaj Nwaavjo I’tahveni Grand Canyon National Monument. The White House said the land inside the new monument has less than 2% of the known uranium reserves in the US.
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