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Biden announcing historic Grand
Canyon monument designation
during his Arizona visit
By Chris Megerian and Terry Tang
Associated Press
TUSAYAN, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden will use his visit
to Arizona on Tuesday to formally announce a national
monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon,
making Native American tribes’ and environmentalists’
decades-long vision to preserve the land a reality.
Biden is expected to announce plans for a new national
monument to preserve about 1,562 square miles (4,046
square kilometers) just outside Grand Canyon National
Park, national climate adviser Ali Zaidi confirmed. It
will mark the Democratic president’s fifth monument
designation. Tribes in Arizona have been pushing Biden
to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to
create a new national monument called Baaj Nwaavjo
I’tah Kukveni. “Baaj Nwaavjo” means “where tribes
roam,” for the Havasupai people, while “I’tah Kukveni” The Grand Canyon is seen while in flight from Air Force One, with President Joe Biden aboard, en
translates to “our footprints,” for the Hopi tribe. route to Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Grand Canyon Village,
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(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)