The Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe calls for the permanent protection of the Kw’tsán cultural landscape as a national monument.
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Protecting Sacred Tribal Lands
The Kw’tsán National Monument will provide permanent protection for our homelands, cultural objects, and sacred places that are increasingly threatened by mining exploration, natural resource extraction, harmful development, unregulated recreational use, management inadequacies, and climate change. We ask President Biden to stand with us and designate the Kw'tsán National Monument.
The Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe (pronounced Kwatsáan) is a federally recognized sovereign Tribal Nation that borders California, Arizona, and Mexico. Our ancestral homelands extend beyond current reservation boundaries, and our existence predates the establishment of the United States and other political borders. Our distinct relationship with the natural world and our nonhuman relatives is the foundation of our existence, beliefs, cultural and spiritual practices, language, Traditional Knowledge, histories, rituals, and life ways.
The Kw’tsán National Monument proposal embodies the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to Tribal Nations to protect sacred Tribal lands, improve Federal-Tribal partnerships, promote Tribal well-being, and address our collective climate crisis. Through this proposal, we honor our ancestors, homelands, culture, and future generations of Quechan People.
Learn more about the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe and the proposed Kw’tsán National Monument.