2018
26
Sep
Monument Defense Lawsuits to Be Heard in Washington DC
Monument Defense Lawsuits to Be Heard in Washington DC
A federal judge has denied the government’s effort to move the lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s shrinking of the Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to Salt Lake City and will keep them here. Judge Tanya...
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2018
11
Sep
Bears Ears Education Center Opens September 22
Bears Ears Education Center Opens September 22
Instead, the goal of the new Bears Ears Education Center is to serve up what its organizers say the federal government has neglected to provide — a way to teach the public about protecting the precious but sensitive cultural history in this archaeolo...
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2018
10
Jul
How to Honor Sacred Native American Sites: A Guide for Visitors
How to Honor Sacred Native American Sites: A Guide for Visitors
Lyle Balenquah is a Hopi archeologist and river guide who spends a lot of time in Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument. Compared to many other national parks and monuments, Bears Ears is relatively unregulated, with few rangers to pro...
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2018
02
Mar
Greater Bears Ears as Borderlands
Today’s post is by our friend and frequent contributor R. E. Burrillo, who co-edited, with Benjamin A. Bellorado, the new issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, “Sacred and Threatened: The Cultural Landscapes of Greater Bears Ears,” released today.
R. E. Burrillo, SWCA Environmental Cons...
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2018
25
Jan
Statement on Shash Jáa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532)
Statement of Archaeology Southwest
William Doelle, President and CEO
Shash Jáa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act (H.R. 4532)
House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearing
January 9, 2018
Chairman McClintock, Ranking Member Hanabusa, and members of the Commit...
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2018
08
Jan
Some Monumental Issues
Bill Lipe, Professor Emeritus, Washington State University
(January 8, 2018)—I’ve been involved with the archaeology of the Bears Ears area for more than 50 years, and I actively support President Obama’s use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate the Bears Ears National Monument. Media c...
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2017
06
Dec
BROAD COALITION SUES TO STOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S UNLAWFUL DISMEMBERMENT OF THE BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT
For Immediate Release
December 6, 2017
CONTACTS: See list below
Archaeology Southwest Stands with Coalition to Defend Bears Ears in Court
(Washington, D.C.)–A broad coalition of Native American, conservation, and historic preservation organizations, outdoor industry, scientists, and ou...
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2017
04
Dec
Archaeology Southwest Prepared to Defend the Antiquities Act
(December 4, 2017)—Archaeology Southwest stands with sovereign tribal nations, local and national conservation organizations, and millions of other Americans in denouncing President Trump’s drastic dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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2017
01
Nov
What We're Doing This Week
Kate Sarther Gann, Communications Coordinator, and Content Editor, Archaeology Southwest Magazine
(November 1, 2017)—Every so often, I ask our staff to say a few words about what they're working on that week. Here's this week's edition:
Aaron Wright:
I'm managing data and records from our...
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2017
24
Aug
Archaeology Southwest’s Reaction to Zinke’s Announcement on Reviewed National Monuments
“Boundary adjustments” will eliminate key protections; national monuments must remain as designated
Tucson, Ariz. (August 24, 2017)—In response to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s announcement regarding his recommendations for 27 national monuments, including four in Arizona, Archae...
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2017
23
Aug
What’s at Stake If Protections Are Eliminated for any Part of Bears Ears National Monument
Public report shows that Antiquities Act more than applies to landscape-scale Bears Ears National Monument
Tucson, Ariz. (August 24, 2017)—On July 22 and 23, 2017, a group of 29 archaeologists, historians, and related experts came together in Bluff, Utah, to share their knowledge about people's...
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2017
23
Aug
A Target, or a Shield?
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(August 23, 2017)—A giant target hovers over Bears Ears National Monument. And many are gathered to cast their darts. Some, with fierce intention, will aim at the bullseye, confident that piercing the smallest circle will eliminate the new national monument al...
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