Utah Dine Bikeyah

Every year, Indigenous communities of the greater Bears Ears Region come together to pay homage to the landscape that has been memorialized by her descendants’ prayers, traditions and ceremonies. This grant will support the 2023 gathering.

This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.

The ultimate purpose is to 1) create greater awareness among tribal youth of traditional knowledge and cultural values of their tribes, 2) utilize tribal knowledge and leadership as well as expert knowledge to train youth in traditional practices and demonstrate methods for documenting cultural values, 3) increase awareness among all tribes in the Bears Ears region of the value of native wisdom and traditional cultural practices to land management and ecological research, 4) leverage project training and lessons by involving youth and elders of multiple Bears Ears' region tribes in the project.