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Trump administration removes tribal seals from Bears Ears signs days after slashing the monument’s boundaries

The Biden administration added seals of five tribes to the Bears Ears National Monument sign after agencies and tribes signed a cooperative management agreement in 2022.

(Bureau of Land Management) Federal agency leaders and tribal representatives on the Bears Ears Commission stand in front of the newly installed Bears Ears National Monument sign on June 18, 2022. Pictured from left, former Agriculture Department Under Secretary Homer L. Wilkes, Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee Member Christopher Tabbee, Ute Mountain Ute Councilman Malcolm Lehi, Zuni Tribe Lieutenant Governor Carleton R. Bowekaty, Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Navajo Nation Executive Assistant Davis Filfred and BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning.

(Bureau of Land Management) Federal agency leaders and tribal representatives on the Bears Ears Commission stand in front of the newly installed Bears Ears National Monument sign on June 18, 2022. Pictured from left, former Agriculture Department Under Secretary Homer L. Wilkes, Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee Member Christopher Tabbee, Ute Mountain Ute Councilman Malcolm Lehi, Zuni Tribe Lieutenant Governor Carleton R. Bowekaty, Hopi Chairman Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Navajo Nation Executive Assistant Davis Filfred and BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning.

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