Culturally Monumental
Bears Ears, Gold Butte continue trend of relevant monuments by Glenn Nelson Obama’s Vision President Obama has established 25 national monuments and expanded several others – 17 have cultural significance to disenfranchised Americans: Bears Ears (UT): Sacred tribal land, jointly managed by tribes. Belmont-Paul Women’s...
Bringing Outdoor Rec to the Hopi
By Krista Langlois Marshall Masayesva is lying on his side in a dandelion-sprinkled lawn, clutching his stomach and groaning as if someone’s sticking a knife into it. A clean-cut, athletic 28-year-old who recently founded an outdoor education organization called Adventures for Hopi, Masayesva isn’t actually...
NPS Rules Eased for Plant Gathering
The National Park Service has modified the regulation governing the gathering of plants in national parks to allow members of federally recognized Native American tribes to gather and remove plants or plant parts for traditional purposes. Such gathering previously was granted only to tribes or...