Gallery: Biden designates Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument

President Joe Biden was in northern Arizona as he designated 1,500 square miles of land near the Grand Canyon National Park as the Baaj Nwaavjo I't...

August 9, 2023
12:20 PM

President Joe Biden was in northern Arizona as he designated 1,500 square miles of land near the Grand Canyon National Park as the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument Tuesday. President Joe Biden cheers with gathered members of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition and various Arizona state representatives after designating land around the Grand Canyon National Park as the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. Rachel Gibbons, Arizona Daily Sun Two Havasupai dancers chant and dance to open the an event at the historic Red Butte Airfield Tuesday morning during which President Joe Biden designated 1500 square miles of land near the Grand Canyon National Park as the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument.

Rachel Gibbons