Biden to establish national monument preserving ancestral tribal land around Grand Canyon
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By Bo Erickson August 7, 2023 / 10:11 PM
Tusayan, Arizona — President Biden will issue a presidential proclamation Tuesday establishing a new national monument to protect nearly 1 million acres of land around the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.
The new national monument is meant to preserve the ancestral land that is sacred to several Native American tribes in the area. Previewing the announcement, senior administration officials said the national monument is known as Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni — ' drawing upon the Havasupai and Hopi languages.
By establishing this area as a national monument, the Biden administration will effectively ban any new uranium and other hard-rock mining leases in the area. But more than 3,000 mining leases that existed before 2012 — when a 20-year pause on new leases was put in place by the Obama administration — will be allowed to continue.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet secretary, welcomed the announcement and said this decision reiterates that "Native American history is American history."
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"Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will help address past injustices and create a partnership between the United States and the region's tribal nations in caring for these lands," Haaland said.
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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-national-monument-ancestral-footprints-of-the-grand-canyon/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=228900419
Love the name of this new Monument
'Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
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I googled the pronunciation
and I think I can handle it! 
Sure hope it sticks.
