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A National Monument in Utah
A National Monument in UtahMARCH 28, 2016
To the Editor:
Re “Remote Utah Landscape Becomes a Conservation Battleground” (front page, March 13):
Tribes have proposed land conservation as the solution to land-use challenges in southeast Utah, and we do not view our ancestral homeland as a battleground between state and federal control. The Bears Ears landscape is symbolic of the rich history and culture of our Native ancestors and serves as a place of healing, not division.
It is disappointing to see a small number of Utah elected officials try to divide communities, and now our country, over our dire need to stop the looting and desecration of sacred sites and antiquities in Utah. .................
Re “Remote Utah Landscape Becomes a Conservation Battleground” (front page, March 13):
Tribes have proposed land conservation as the solution to land-use challenges in southeast Utah, and we do not view our ancestral homeland as a battleground between state and federal control. The Bears Ears landscape is symbolic of the rich history and culture of our Native ancestors and serves as a place of healing, not division.
It is disappointing to see a small number of Utah elected officials try to divide communities, and now our country, over our dire need to stop the looting and desecration of sacred sites and antiquities in Utah. .................
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