Secretary Ryan Zinke discusses his recommendation to revise the Bears Ears National Monument at the National Congress of American Indians midyear conference in Connecticut. He is asking Congress to authorize tribal co-management of a portion of the monument in Utah, claiming neither the Department of the Interior nor President Donald Trump have the power to do that. Session held at Mohegan Sun on the Mohegan Reservation. June 13, 2017. #NCAIMY17
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Neither the White House, nor the Department of the Interior, have confirmed Trump's plans. But Hatch has been the president's key source of information on the monuments -- Hatch received the first call about the reductions in late October and again this week regarding Monday's visit. The tribes, on the other hand, have been kept out of the loop. They have repeatedly complained of inadequate consultation from Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who has otherwise defended his outreach on the monument. "I talked to the tribes," Zinke said during his first appearance before the National Congress of American Indians in June, not long after he visited Bears Ears in Utah. “I talked to the tribes before, I talked to the tribes after. I called all the tribes." Read More on the Story:
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