December 31, 2016 Astroturf Tribes: Big corporations, enviros, not Native Americans driving Bears Ears Monument White-dominated environmental pressure groups use of Native Americans’ race to pursue their agendas, such as Bears Ears, is disturbing. “Since those involved in the…
December 30, 2016 Trump the Monument: Local outcry grows following Obama Bears Ears declaration Critics believe that one way or another, the monument designation will not be lasting — and whatever environmental legacy Obama wanted to leave will…
December 27, 2016 Utah Republicans plan to counteract possible Obama move on Bears Ears Worried that Obama will aggressively act on his way out the door, opponents like Lee are now gearing up for a protracted fight to…
December 23, 2016 Obama poised to sacrifice Utah’s Native peoples to appease enviros, recreation industry Over eight decades later, Jones still remembers the day the federal government killed the sheep. In 1934, as part of former President Franklin Delano…
December 22, 2016 State and local leaders push back against federal Bears Ears land grab The most prominent Navajo opposed to the monument, Benally opened and closed Lee’s gathering in the Capitol’s elegant Gold Room. She called on environmental…
December 22, 2016 Mismanagement, waste, corruption plague Navajo Housing Authority More than $100 million has been squandered on projects that never housed anyone. Some housing developments sit empty years after they were built. In…
December 20, 2016 Bears Ears: Locals, Natives against, outsiders, corporate environmentalists for Lee and other members of the congressional delegation said the political fallout of a designation in Utah will result in the repeal of the…
December 18, 2016 Standing Rock: Native sovereignty or a future of economic hopelessness Only 3 percent of its length would need federal approval, and in those places the pipeline was designed to run next to existing utility…
December 13, 2016 Obama ignores beleaguered locals, harassed, threatened by DAPL protesters “The federal government’s response to the events in our community has been appalling, and it is abundantly clear they have no interest in helping…
November 28, 2016 An authentic protest or ‘Occupy Dakota Access Pipeline?’ Complaints grow over whites turning Dakota Access protest into hippie festival Tension is brewing within the Dakota Access protest as complaints grow about outside…
