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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

We send this message from the land of the Tohono O'ohdam and Pipaash people.

We're honored to build partnerships with and learn alongside many Indigenous groups that participated in #EarthGives2025 - protecting land, monuments, culture, wildlife and future generations. Support their work.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day by supporting Tribal-led efforts to protect land and ensure a just future for all.

Ahéhee' • Kwakwhay • Askwali • Elahkwa • Tog'oiak'

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 1d

As political threats target public lands and sacred places like Bears Ears, Indigenous stewardship offers a clear and lasting path forward.

It is rooted in Traditional Knowledge, responsibility, and deep care for the earth.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 1d

This day also challenges us to confront harmful myths, especially the false idea that the Americas were “discovered.”

Indigenous peoples have always been here. Today, they continue to lead efforts to protect land, water, and future generations.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 1d

These places are Tribal ancestral homelands.

For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples have cared for and protected these lands. Colonization tried to sever those ties, but Tribal communities remain deeply connected, across generations and geography.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, let's recognize the strength, leadership, and ongoing presence of Tribal Nations across this continent.

It’s a day to honor Indigenous peoples and the deep, living relationships they hold with the lands we now call “public.”

📸: : Tim Peterson (background)

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 6d

Bears Ears remains a place of ceremony, healing, and connection. It holds deep cultural meaning for many Tribal Nations and continues to be central to living traditions and lifeways.

Much progress has been made, and there is still work to do.

Ahéhee’ – Kwakwhay – Askwali – Elahkwa – Tog’oiak’

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 6d

Today marks 4 years since the restoration of BENM.

Since 2021, the 5 Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission have led efforts to protect this living landscape. Earlier this year, the Resource Management Plan was finalized after years of work guided by Tribal leadership.

📸: Tim Peterson & Eco Flight

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 7d

Support the Tribes' work here: www.earthgives.org/organization...

Thank you - Ahéhee' - Kwakwhay - Askwali - Elahkwa - Tog'oiak'

Earth Gives Day

Let's make a change together. Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits on Earth Gives Day, October 7, 2025!

www.earthgives.org

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 7d

If you believe in Indigenous-led solutions that protect the land for future generations, now’s the time to act. Give today through the @earthgives.bsky.social portal and stand with us in protecting Bears Ears.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 7d

Starting this morning, donations of $100 or more will be matched, doubling your impact in protecting sacred landscapes and advancing Indigenous leadership in the care of our national public lands.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 7d

Today is Earth Gives Day!

This national day of giving shines a light on nonprofits working to protect our health, lands, and shared future. The BEITC plays a key role in advancing Tribal-informed stewardship of ancestral lands, and your continued support ensures this vital work can move forward.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

Protecting these monuments also safeguards Americans’ access to clean water, healthy wildlife habitat, and national public lands that belong to all of us.

Read more about the data here: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...

Voters Oppose Shrinking the Size of National Monuments

Voters strongly oppose the Trump administration's proposal to shrink the size of six national monuments.

www.dataforprogress.org

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

Protections for these ancestral landscapes must reflect public values, uphold Tribal leadership, and honor the cultural and ecological significance of these places, not be driven by partisan agendas.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

Reducing their boundaries—or weakening the Resource Management Plans that safeguard them—would be a political move against the will of the people and a setback to the cooperative, Tribal-informed management these places deserve.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

As partners working to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments
(gsepartners.bsky.social), we know these landscapes are sacred and irreplaceable.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions

This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.

--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support

📸: M. Estrada

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 13d

In May, Data for Progress asked likely voters how they feel about reducing national monuments like Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni.

📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 14d

Stand with Tribal Nations and communities defending clean water, health, and sacred places.

All relatives and allies are welcome.

Find more info here: protectwhitemesa.org/join-the-whi...

Join the White Mesa Ute Community for the Spiritual Walk & Protest on Saturday, October 4, 2025

protectwhitemesa.org

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 14d

--> White Mesa Ute Community Center, White Mesa, Utah, just south of Blanding off Highway 191, on the west side of the highway (White Mesa sits just outside of the BENM.)

--> The walk is about 5 miles on relatively flat pavement. Wear comfortable shoes & bring plenty of water.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 14d

--> Rally and spiritual walk led by White Mesa Concerned Community and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

--> Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. MDT

--> The community is deeply concerned about contamination from the nearby uranium mill and the desecration of sacred sites.

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 14d

Join us this Saturday for a spiritual walk standing with the Ute Mountain Ute Community of White Mesa. We’re showing up to protect community health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred places.

Slide 2: 📸 (c) Tim Peterson

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 17d

This weekend, honor our home outdoors:
--> If you visit public lands, please Visit With Respect.
--> Or join a local rally to stand with Tribes & communities defending the places we all depend on and love.

Thank you - Ahéhee' - Kwakwhay - Askwali - Elahkwa - Tog'oiak'

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Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social · 17d

At the same time, the protection of our public lands is under pressure from political rollbacks, short-sighted decisions, and special-interest pushes that put communities, culture, clean water, and wildlife at risk.

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