Ancestral Puebloan site at Hovenweep National Monument.
Blizzard conditions help the DAPL security lights illuminate the Oceti Sakowin camp at the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. December 4, 2016
An Ancestral Puebloan site in Bears Ears National Monument in south eastern Utah. Humans have lived in the greater Bears Ears area for over 11,000 years. The proposed Bears Ears National Monument includes over 100,000 sites sacred to many of the tribes in the four corners area. November 11, 2017.
A balanced rock near the Colorado River. Arizona.
Tourists and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pose in front of the Christus statue during the semiannual LDS General Conference at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Chaffetz town hall. Brighton High School. Utah.
California
December 4, 2016
First Nation activists came to testify at the Utah State Capitol against HJR1, legislation that will exclude Utah from the Antiquities Act. The Antiquities Act was intended to allow the President of the United States to set aside certain natural areas for "the protection of objects of historic and scientific interest" for their preservation. Utah would join Wyoming and Alaska as the only states requiring congressional consent to create national monuments. Monday, February 26, 2018.
Eagle Twin. Salt Lake City.
Greater Bears Ears.
Two Spirit Montana 2007
Humberto. San Joaquin Valley field worker.
Daniel Higgs. Salt Lake City.
Denae Shanidiin, Diné (Navajo) for High Country News 2020 #IAmTheWest
Denae Shanidiin, Diné (Navajo) for High Country News 2020 #IAmTheWest
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