Hi,

If President Biden doesn’t step in, many Native American tribes are set to
lose their sacred land, and more than 40 million Americans’ access to
clean water will be in jeopardy.

Despite a 20-year uranium mining moratorium near the Grand Canyon, Donald
Trump’s administration took bold steps towards restarting operations at
dormant uranium mines outside the Grand Canyon.^1 Right now, MAGA
Republicans in Congress are pushing to increase uranium mining on the
millions of acres of land near the Grand Canyon.

We have to act now to show President Biden this is an unacceptable attack
on local tribes and access to clean drinking water.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Call on President Biden to save the Grand Canyon
from uranium mining now!

ADD YOUR NAME

The Grand Canyon is the largest canyon in the world and has massive
historical importance for local tribes. Though the Canyon is visited by
millions to witness its beauty and grandeur, it’s also an essential
resource for the communities around it. The rivers at the bottom of the
canyon carry half a million tons of silt every day and provide clean water
to 7 states.^2

Many tribes are set to be affected by the mining if President Biden
doesn’t act. The Hopi, the Hualapai, the Kaibab,the Las Vegas, the Moapa
Band of Paiute Indians, the Navajo Nation, the Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, the Yavapai-Apache Nation, the
Pueblo of Zuni, the Havasupai Tribe, and many more tribes have strong
connection to the Grand Canyon and still call it home to this day.

In fact, this wouldn’t be the first time local tribal communities have
been damaged by uranium mining. Since the 1950s, when at least 22 uranium
mills were active in areas surrounding the Grand Canyon, more than 500
mines have been abandoned, leaving a toxic legacy in the communities.^3

In the southwest, women and newborn babies show higher levels of uranium
in their bodies than people in other parts of the country.^4 We must take
action and demand that President Biden protect the sacred land of
indigenous communities and preserve clean drinking water for 40 million
people.

We’ve partnered with a coalition of Tribal leaders to call on President
Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish a
monument — totaling 1.1 million acres — to protect the cultural,
archeological, and sacred places of ancestral importance to Indigenous
peoples and Tribes.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: President Biden must save the Grand Canyon and protect
people's rights to their sacred land and clean water.

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Grand Canyon Trust, "Protecting the Grand Canyon Once and for All,”
[ [link removed] ]2021.
 2. Colorado Water Conservation Board, “Colorado River Basin,” [ [link removed] ]2023.
 3. Grand Canyon Trust, "Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region,”
[ [link removed] ]2019.
 4. AP News, “US official: Research finds uranium in Navajo women,
babies,” [ [link removed] ]October 7, 2019.
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