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To President Obama and Secretary of Interior Jewell:

The Grand Canyon is one of the wonders of the world, not a tailing pond for toxic mine waste. Please protect the Grand Canyon from uranium mining forever by designating the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument as America’s next national monument.
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No mines near the Grand Canyon

UPDATE Feb 29, 2016: Last week Carletta and other tribal leaders traveled to Washington and met with officials at the Department of the Interior and the White House -- pushing for new national monument to protect the Grand Canyon from uranium mining for good. Avaaz member messages were delivered straight into these meetings too - as retro birthday cards for the Grand Canyon. But it's not over until it's over - keep signing and sharing to keep momentum moving to save this national treasure!

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My people have lived for centuries in the Grand Canyon, and I hope my children's children will get to enjoy this incredible place. But crazy plans for new radioactive uranium mines around the Grand Canyon could make that impossible -- poisoning the land and giving people cancer -- unless we stop them.

Four years ago we got President Obama to temporarily halt new uranium mines above our canyon home. But now the industry is using every lever they can pull to get permission to dig on our ancestral land.

Obama can permanently protect the Grand Canyon by creating a National Monument around it -- he just created three Monuments last week, ahead of the National Park Service turning 100 this year, and there's a big push here in Arizona. But to overcome pressure from rich mining companies, we've got to make him hear from everyone around the country!

Right now, with the President looking for ways to highlight America's spectacular places, is our best chance to safeguard this natural wonder forever. Join us in asking President Obama to create the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument and stop uranium mines from destroying this priceless gem, and I'll fly to Washington, DC to deliver all our voices.

Carletta Tilousi, Havasupai Tribe
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