The interior secretary toured the Bears Ears national monument in Utah as she weighs indigenous-led calls for it to be increased in size
The interior secretary, Deb Haaland, paid a historic visit on Thursday to Bears Ears national monument, the Utah site sacred to Native Americans that was downsized by President Donald Trump.
Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo and the first indigenous cabinet member, and her trip came amid calls for the monument to be recreated in its original form, or even expanded, by Joe Biden.
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