Indigenous people hopeful that Biden will restore Utah NMons that Trump downsized

Jan 8, 20211 min read

It was one of Donald Trump’s most controversial early moves as president: to radically shrink two national monuments in the American west.

Now indigenous peoples are hopeful that Joe Biden will undo that decision – and more broadly effect a sea change in how the US treats the interests of tribal nations.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/08/biden-national-monuments-pledge-trump-tribal-nations-deb-haaland

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Indigenous people hopeful that Biden will restore Utah NMons that Trump downsized

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