Native America Calling: Tribes continue to push National Monument designations for cultural preservation

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Tribes continue to push National Monument designations for cultural preservation

Tribes in California are urging President Joe Biden to designate three new national monuments in order to protect what the tribes say are natural and cultural treasures.

The proposed Sáttítla National Monument would cover 200,000 acres in northeastern California important to the Pit River and Modoc Nations. The California State Assembly also signed onto the push to designate 627,000 acres as the Chuckwalla National Monument and almost 400,00 acres as the Kw’tsán National Monument.

The effort comes as the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected weigh in on a challenge to President Biden’s use of the Antiquities Act to set aside some 1.5 million acres of land, including the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

A view of wildflowers and Mule Mountain in the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument in California. Photo by Bob Wick

Guests on Native America Calling

Tomas Tortez Jr. (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians), Tribal Council Chairman of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians

Brandy McDaniels (Pit River), Sáttítla National Monument Working Group Lead for the Pit River Nation

Richard Williams (Goshute), councilman of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, headquartered in Utah

Delaine Spilsbury (Ely Shoshone), elder from Ely Shoshone Tribe, headquartered in Nevada

Rick Spilsbury (Ely Shoshone), elder and retired engineer from Ely Shoshone Tribe, headquartered in Nevada

Monte Sanford, campaign director for proposed Bahsahwahbee National Monument in Nevada

Video by Bill Wick: Proposed Chuckwalla National Monument in California

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