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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.
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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
Delaine Spilsbury (Ely Shoshone), tribal elder
Rick Spilsbury (Ely Shoshone), tribal elder and retired engineer
Monte Sanford, Bahsahwahbee National Monument campaign director
Break 1 Music: The Power of the Land [Feat. Dr. Duke Redbird and Twin Flames] (song) Sultans of String (artist)
Break 2 Music: Brown Fool Eyes (song) Hataałii (artist) Waiting for a Sign (album)
