09/29/2026
On July 13, 2026, President Trump revoked the Bears Ears National Monument and purported to terminate the Bears Ears Commission — the body of Tribal representatives established to help guide the monument’s management. Sixty days after signing, the roughly 1.24 million acres removed from the monument will be open to mineral leasing, mining claims, and other public land dispositions.
The Hopi Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, represented by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) continue to fight to protect the invaluable Bears Ears National Monument; protections that Native people advocated to create for many decades.