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Native American Tribes Join to File Lawsuit Against Trump Attack on Bears Ears National Monument
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14:56Now PlayingFive Native American tribes have joined to file what they are calling an historic lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and several other members of the administration. The move came just hours after Trump visited Utah Monday, where he announced his plan to open up protected federal lands to mining, logging, drilling and other forms of extraction. The plan calls for shrinking the 1.3 millionacre Bears Ears National Monument by more than 80 percent and splitting it into two separate areas. Trump would slash the state’s 1.9 millionacre Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument by 50 percent. Bears Ears National Monument was created in 2016 by thenPresident Barack Obama. President Bill Clinton created the Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument in 1996. The national monuments were designated under the centuryold Antiquities Act, a law meant to protect sacred sites, artifacts and historical objects. We speak with Regina LopezWhiteskunk, a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and former cochair of the Bears Ears InterTribal Coalition, and with Bob Deans, director of strategic engagement at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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