E | Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2023-32: A resolution in support of calls for President Joe Biden to create Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in Northern Arizona | ||||||
Public Affairs Director Sarah Langley stated that a coalition of Indigenous Nations was calling upon the President to protect areas that include sacred and cultural sites. If created, the designation would protect the area by making the twenty-year moratorium on mining permanent. Coordinator for Indigenous Initiatives Rose Toehe offered that the designation was very important to many Indigenous Nations in the area and beyond. Many people were suffering due to uranium mining and 67% of Arizonans supported a permanent ban on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon. It was important to adopt the resolution and it was critical to the relationships the City of Flagstaff was building with their Indigenous neighbors. Councilmember House stated that the resolution and designation was an important step in land acknowledgement. |
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Moved by Councilmember Khara House, seconded by Councilmember Jim McCarthy to read Resolution No. 2023-32 by title only. | |||||||
Vote: 6 - 0 - Unanimously | |||||||
A RESOLUTION OF THE FLAGSTAFF CITY COUNCIL, IN SUPPORT OF CALLS FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO CREATE BAAJ NWAAVJO I’TAH KUKVENI GRAND CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT IN NORTHERN ARIZONA | |||||||
Moved by Councilmember Khara House, seconded by Councilmember Deborah Harris to adopt Resolution No. 2023-32. | |||||||
Vote: 6 - 0 - Unanimously | |||||||