Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
@bearsearscoalition.bsky.social
A consortium of five sovereign Tribal Nations working together to protect the sacred Bears Ears cultural landscape.
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This acknowledgment uplifts the vision, care, and collaborative leadership of the five founding Tribes—Hopi, Navajo, Ute Mountain Ute, Zuni, and Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation—and affirms the power of Indigenous governance in protecting sacred lands like Bears Ears.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This acknowledgment uplifts the vision, care, and collaborative leadership of the five founding Tribes—Hopi, Navajo, Ute Mountain Ute, Zuni, and Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation—and affirms the power of Indigenous governance in protecting sacred lands like Bears Ears.
We’re honored to share that the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition has been recognized with Honors from Harvard’s Project on Indigenous Governance and Development through their 2025 Honoring Nations Awards.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We’re honored to share that the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition has been recognized with Honors from Harvard’s Project on Indigenous Governance and Development through their 2025 Honoring Nations Awards.
Recent polling from Colorado College finds Utah voters care deeply about protecting landscapes, waters, and wildlife.
Support Bears Ears National Monument and other protected public lands that safeguard the interconnected ecosystems sustaining Utah’s communities.
📸: Tim Peterson
Support Bears Ears National Monument and other protected public lands that safeguard the interconnected ecosystems sustaining Utah’s communities.
📸: Tim Peterson
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Recent polling from Colorado College finds Utah voters care deeply about protecting landscapes, waters, and wildlife.
Support Bears Ears National Monument and other protected public lands that safeguard the interconnected ecosystems sustaining Utah’s communities.
📸: Tim Peterson
Support Bears Ears National Monument and other protected public lands that safeguard the interconnected ecosystems sustaining Utah’s communities.
📸: Tim Peterson
Flying drones near sacred structures, ceremonial spaces, ancestral homes, or cultural panels is deeply disrespectful.
Just like we wouldn’t fly drones over a cemetery or through a cathedral, we must extend that same respect to Indigenous sacred places.
📸 1 & 3: staff 2: Tim Peterson 4: Bruce Hucko
Just like we wouldn’t fly drones over a cemetery or through a cathedral, we must extend that same respect to Indigenous sacred places.
📸 1 & 3: staff 2: Tim Peterson 4: Bruce Hucko
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Flying drones near sacred structures, ceremonial spaces, ancestral homes, or cultural panels is deeply disrespectful.
Just like we wouldn’t fly drones over a cemetery or through a cathedral, we must extend that same respect to Indigenous sacred places.
📸 1 & 3: staff 2: Tim Peterson 4: Bruce Hucko
Just like we wouldn’t fly drones over a cemetery or through a cathedral, we must extend that same respect to Indigenous sacred places.
📸 1 & 3: staff 2: Tim Peterson 4: Bruce Hucko
Every mesa, canyon, & cliff dwelling holds generations of memory & spiritual energy that remain present today. These places continue to guide, and connect.
Even when a drone doesn’t touch the ground, its sound and vibration can disturb the spirit of the place, & the ancestors who still dwell there.
Even when a drone doesn’t touch the ground, its sound and vibration can disturb the spirit of the place, & the ancestors who still dwell there.
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Every mesa, canyon, & cliff dwelling holds generations of memory & spiritual energy that remain present today. These places continue to guide, and connect.
Even when a drone doesn’t touch the ground, its sound and vibration can disturb the spirit of the place, & the ancestors who still dwell there.
Even when a drone doesn’t touch the ground, its sound and vibration can disturb the spirit of the place, & the ancestors who still dwell there.
Bears Ears is alive with heritage, ancestry, and memory.
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bears Ears is alive with heritage, ancestry, and memory.
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
This Veterans Day, we honor the extraordinary service and sacrifices of Native veterans.
Native people serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at some of the highest rates of any group, nearly 1 in 5 Native adults is a veteran.
📸: Tim Peterson
Native people serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at some of the highest rates of any group, nearly 1 in 5 Native adults is a veteran.
📸: Tim Peterson
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This Veterans Day, we honor the extraordinary service and sacrifices of Native veterans.
Native people serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at some of the highest rates of any group, nearly 1 in 5 Native adults is a veteran.
📸: Tim Peterson
Native people serve in the U.S. Armed Forces at some of the highest rates of any group, nearly 1 in 5 Native adults is a veteran.
📸: Tim Peterson
We’re celebrating Native American Heritage Month with a new limited-edition shirt designed by Diné artist Ambrose Beco Begay of Thoreau, NM.
His artwork features Six-Shooter Peaks with the Bears Ears Buttes rising in the background, a tribute to land, culture, & the sacred landscapes.
His artwork features Six-Shooter Peaks with the Bears Ears Buttes rising in the background, a tribute to land, culture, & the sacred landscapes.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re celebrating Native American Heritage Month with a new limited-edition shirt designed by Diné artist Ambrose Beco Begay of Thoreau, NM.
His artwork features Six-Shooter Peaks with the Bears Ears Buttes rising in the background, a tribute to land, culture, & the sacred landscapes.
His artwork features Six-Shooter Peaks with the Bears Ears Buttes rising in the background, a tribute to land, culture, & the sacred landscapes.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we're uplifting the voices of Native voters across the West.
The message is clear: Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities want public lands and waters protected by those who know them best.
📸: Tim Peterson
The message is clear: Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities want public lands and waters protected by those who know them best.
📸: Tim Peterson
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we're uplifting the voices of Native voters across the West.
The message is clear: Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities want public lands and waters protected by those who know them best.
📸: Tim Peterson
The message is clear: Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities want public lands and waters protected by those who know them best.
📸: Tim Peterson
This summer, the 4th Bears Ears Conservation Corps brought 16 participants from the Coalition Tribes to Bears Ears. They visited ancestral sites, learned traditional skills (from foodways to hide work), removed invasive plants, monitored cultural sites, and deepened ties to ancestral homelands.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This summer, the 4th Bears Ears Conservation Corps brought 16 participants from the Coalition Tribes to Bears Ears. They visited ancestral sites, learned traditional skills (from foodways to hide work), removed invasive plants, monitored cultural sites, and deepened ties to ancestral homelands.
November is Native American Heritage Month. Join us in honoring Tribal sovereignty, resilience, and the enduring connections Indigenous peoples maintain with their ancestral lands.
📸: Jonathan Bailey
📸: Jonathan Bailey
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
November is Native American Heritage Month. Join us in honoring Tribal sovereignty, resilience, and the enduring connections Indigenous peoples maintain with their ancestral lands.
📸: Jonathan Bailey
📸: Jonathan Bailey
Though our approaches differ, our vision is shared —
a thriving, protected Bears Ears where cultural connections endure for generations.
Together, we’re ensuring Bears Ears remains protected, respected, and celebrated.
📸: Steve Allen
a thriving, protected Bears Ears where cultural connections endure for generations.
Together, we’re ensuring Bears Ears remains protected, respected, and celebrated.
📸: Steve Allen
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Though our approaches differ, our vision is shared —
a thriving, protected Bears Ears where cultural connections endure for generations.
Together, we’re ensuring Bears Ears remains protected, respected, and celebrated.
📸: Steve Allen
a thriving, protected Bears Ears where cultural connections endure for generations.
Together, we’re ensuring Bears Ears remains protected, respected, and celebrated.
📸: Steve Allen
The Bears Ears Partnership supports Tribal-led restoration at Bears Ears by linking Tribes, agencies, and community partners.
Their programs — from youth corps and education to @visitwithrespect.bsky.social — help ensure collaboration works on the ground.
📸: Steve Allen
Their programs — from youth corps and education to @visitwithrespect.bsky.social — help ensure collaboration works on the ground.
📸: Steve Allen
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Bears Ears Partnership supports Tribal-led restoration at Bears Ears by linking Tribes, agencies, and community partners.
Their programs — from youth corps and education to @visitwithrespect.bsky.social — help ensure collaboration works on the ground.
📸: Steve Allen
Their programs — from youth corps and education to @visitwithrespect.bsky.social — help ensure collaboration works on the ground.
📸: Steve Allen
The BEITC is a Tribal-led nonprofit organization working under the direction of five Tribal Nations.
The Coalition advances Tribal collaborative management with federal agency partners, centering Traditional Knowledge so that Tribal priorities guide how Bears Ears is cared for.
📸: Steve Allen
The Coalition advances Tribal collaborative management with federal agency partners, centering Traditional Knowledge so that Tribal priorities guide how Bears Ears is cared for.
📸: Steve Allen
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The BEITC is a Tribal-led nonprofit organization working under the direction of five Tribal Nations.
The Coalition advances Tribal collaborative management with federal agency partners, centering Traditional Knowledge so that Tribal priorities guide how Bears Ears is cared for.
📸: Steve Allen
The Coalition advances Tribal collaborative management with federal agency partners, centering Traditional Knowledge so that Tribal priorities guide how Bears Ears is cared for.
📸: Steve Allen
Bears Ears is a place of deep cultural, historical, & ecological significance.
Both the BEITC and @bearsearspartners.bsky.social are dedicated to its protection.
Our paths are unique, but they meet at Bears Ears.
📸: Tim Peterson
Both the BEITC and @bearsearspartners.bsky.social are dedicated to its protection.
Our paths are unique, but they meet at Bears Ears.
📸: Tim Peterson
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Bears Ears is a place of deep cultural, historical, & ecological significance.
Both the BEITC and @bearsearspartners.bsky.social are dedicated to its protection.
Our paths are unique, but they meet at Bears Ears.
📸: Tim Peterson
Both the BEITC and @bearsearspartners.bsky.social are dedicated to its protection.
Our paths are unique, but they meet at Bears Ears.
📸: Tim Peterson
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, let's recognize the strength, leadership, and ongoing presence of Tribal Nations across this continent.
It’s a day to honor Indigenous peoples and the deep, living relationships they hold with the lands we now call “public.”
📸: : Tim Peterson (background)
It’s a day to honor Indigenous peoples and the deep, living relationships they hold with the lands we now call “public.”
📸: : Tim Peterson (background)
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, let's recognize the strength, leadership, and ongoing presence of Tribal Nations across this continent.
It’s a day to honor Indigenous peoples and the deep, living relationships they hold with the lands we now call “public.”
📸: : Tim Peterson (background)
It’s a day to honor Indigenous peoples and the deep, living relationships they hold with the lands we now call “public.”
📸: : Tim Peterson (background)
Today marks 4 years since the restoration of BENM.
Since 2021, the 5 Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission have led efforts to protect this living landscape. Earlier this year, the Resource Management Plan was finalized after years of work guided by Tribal leadership.
📸: Tim Peterson & Eco Flight
Since 2021, the 5 Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission have led efforts to protect this living landscape. Earlier this year, the Resource Management Plan was finalized after years of work guided by Tribal leadership.
📸: Tim Peterson & Eco Flight
October 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today marks 4 years since the restoration of BENM.
Since 2021, the 5 Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission have led efforts to protect this living landscape. Earlier this year, the Resource Management Plan was finalized after years of work guided by Tribal leadership.
📸: Tim Peterson & Eco Flight
Since 2021, the 5 Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission have led efforts to protect this living landscape. Earlier this year, the Resource Management Plan was finalized after years of work guided by Tribal leadership.
📸: Tim Peterson & Eco Flight
Starting this morning, donations of $100 or more will be matched, doubling your impact in protecting sacred landscapes and advancing Indigenous leadership in the care of our national public lands.
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Starting this morning, donations of $100 or more will be matched, doubling your impact in protecting sacred landscapes and advancing Indigenous leadership in the care of our national public lands.
Today is Earth Gives Day!
This national day of giving shines a light on nonprofits working to protect our health, lands, and shared future. The BEITC plays a key role in advancing Tribal-informed stewardship of ancestral lands, and your continued support ensures this vital work can move forward.
This national day of giving shines a light on nonprofits working to protect our health, lands, and shared future. The BEITC plays a key role in advancing Tribal-informed stewardship of ancestral lands, and your continued support ensures this vital work can move forward.
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today is Earth Gives Day!
This national day of giving shines a light on nonprofits working to protect our health, lands, and shared future. The BEITC plays a key role in advancing Tribal-informed stewardship of ancestral lands, and your continued support ensures this vital work can move forward.
This national day of giving shines a light on nonprofits working to protect our health, lands, and shared future. The BEITC plays a key role in advancing Tribal-informed stewardship of ancestral lands, and your continued support ensures this vital work can move forward.
--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
--> Nearly half of Republicans oppose reductions
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s about protecting national public lands & honoring Tribal ancestral homelands. A clear majority of Americans are calling for unity, collaboration, and long-term commitment to our national monuments.
📸: Stephen Trimble
The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The results confirm what we already know: the public overwhelmingly rejects shrinking national monuments.
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
--> 68% oppose reducing monument boundaries
--> Only 22% support
📸: M. Estrada
In May, Data for Progress asked likely voters how they feel about reducing national monuments like Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni.
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In May, Data for Progress asked likely voters how they feel about reducing national monuments like Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni.
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
📸: BEITC Staff (left), Jackie Grant (right)
Join us this Saturday for a spiritual walk standing with the Ute Mountain Ute Community of White Mesa. We’re showing up to protect community health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred places.
Slide 2: 📸 (c) Tim Peterson
Slide 2: 📸 (c) Tim Peterson
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Join us this Saturday for a spiritual walk standing with the Ute Mountain Ute Community of White Mesa. We’re showing up to protect community health, water, air, land, culture, and sacred places.
Slide 2: 📸 (c) Tim Peterson
Slide 2: 📸 (c) Tim Peterson
Today is National Public Lands Day, and this year’s theme is “Our Home Outdoors.”
As we celebrate, remember: Public lands are Native lands. National public lands are the ancestral homelands of Tribal Nations who are still here and remain deeply connected to these places.
📸: Tim Peterson
As we celebrate, remember: Public lands are Native lands. National public lands are the ancestral homelands of Tribal Nations who are still here and remain deeply connected to these places.
📸: Tim Peterson
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today is National Public Lands Day, and this year’s theme is “Our Home Outdoors.”
As we celebrate, remember: Public lands are Native lands. National public lands are the ancestral homelands of Tribal Nations who are still here and remain deeply connected to these places.
📸: Tim Peterson
As we celebrate, remember: Public lands are Native lands. National public lands are the ancestral homelands of Tribal Nations who are still here and remain deeply connected to these places.
📸: Tim Peterson
Only 2% of U.S. charitable giving goes to environmental nonprofits.
That’s why @earthgives.bsky.social was created: a national giving initiative to spark generosity, awareness, and action for nonprofits working to protect our planet.
That’s why @earthgives.bsky.social was created: a national giving initiative to spark generosity, awareness, and action for nonprofits working to protect our planet.
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Only 2% of U.S. charitable giving goes to environmental nonprofits.
That’s why @earthgives.bsky.social was created: a national giving initiative to spark generosity, awareness, and action for nonprofits working to protect our planet.
That’s why @earthgives.bsky.social was created: a national giving initiative to spark generosity, awareness, and action for nonprofits working to protect our planet.