President Biden said Wednesday he will establish Nevada's Spirit Mountain, a sacred location to several Native American tribes, as a new national monument.
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Biden to protect 450,000 acres of land around Nevada’s Spirit Mountain
A large tract of land around Spirit Mountain – known as Avi Kwa Ame in the Mojave language – will be protected from development, president announces
U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to protect Nevada's Spirit Mountain and the surrounding wilderness area. "I'm committed to protecting this sacred place that is central to the creation story of so many tribes that are here today," Biden announced during remarks at the two-day Tribal Nations summit in Washington. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Valerie Volcovici;
Biden: Nevada site sacred to tribes to be national monument
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden told a gathering of tribal leaders in Washington on Wednesday that he intends to designate an area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument.
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Biden: Nevada site sacred to tribes to be national monument
President Joe Biden says he intends to designate a broad rugged mountain area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument
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