‘Zero consultation’: Tribal reps say they were left out of monument reduction decisions

Two coalitions of Native American tribes emphasized Tuesday that they weren’t consulted before President Donald Trump downsized Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90%. Autumn Gillard, coordinator for the Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition, said during a news conference that the group “had received zero consultation” before Trump ordered the dramatic reductions […]