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By BRUCE NOBLE
I recently had the privilege of visiting Bears Ears National Monument with Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, a member of the with Ute Mountain Ute tribe. During our time together, she pointed out landscape features and explained their importance to her people. Seeing Ute Mountain, the Blue Mountains (or Abajos), and the Bears Ears on the surrounding horizon amounts to something powerful in her culture. These cardinal points help to anchor the Ute Mountain Utes to the Earth.
Reginaâs grandmother, Stella Eyetoo, lived as a child in the Allen Canyon portion of the Bears Ears area. In her later years, Stellaâs home on tribal land in White Mesa, Utah included a comforting view of the twin buttes that comprise the Bears Ears. Stella was pleased when President Barack Obama designated Bears Ears National Monument on Dec. 28, 2016 because she knew that her childhood home in Allen Canyon would be protected. Then, on Dec. 4, 2017, President Donald Trump took the legally questi
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