Carved over thousands of years by the creator — with wind, sand, sun, rain and water — the Grand Canyon is beautiful.
For my tribal nation, Havsuw ‘Baaja, the Havasupai Tribe, it’s also our sacred home.
Our headquarters are in Supai Village, which lies at the bottom of the Havasu Canyon — a tributary on the south side of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
We are often forgotten deep in the canyon.
But we are here, and we’re here to fight against harm — both past and likely to come — facing Natives and others in the region.
A few weeks ago, my tribal nation joined the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation to intervene against a group of elected Arizona officials and others who sued to challenge President Biden’s establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
The lawsuits advance wealthy mining interests and challenge the long-recognized authority of........