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Native American tribes distressed over Trump's rollback of protections for two national monuments

WBUR
Published July 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM PDT
A hiker makes his way up a trail to Calf Creek in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10, 2017 outside Boulder, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)
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A hiker makes his way up a trail to Calf Creek in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10, 2017 outside Boulder, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, President Trump drastically downsized two national monuments in Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears.

KJZZ’s Gabriel Pietrorazio reports how tribal leaders are responding.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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