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	"author_name": "Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund",
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	"title": "Antiquities Act",
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	"description": "For more than a century the Antiquities Act, a bedrock conservation law signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, has been critical to protecting of Native sacred places across the United States from the threat of development and environmental destruction. President Biden has already used the power of the Antiquities Act to designate Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona, and Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada, heeding the calls of local Tribes pushing for permanent federal protections. In total, so far Biden has protected 1.5 million acres of public land as national monuments in just his first term. Now, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands is considering legislation that would dramatically weaken the Antiquities Act. They want to take this power away from presidents, especially President Biden, even though many Republican presidents have designated important public lands too. In fact, together, nine Democratic and nine Republican presidents have established 161 national monuments through this authority.   The Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act would require Congress to approve the establishment of a national monument. If it’s not approved within six months, the president -- including future presidents -- would then be prohibited from designating a monument to conserve that land for 25 years. Congress already has the authority to establish, modify, or revoke national monuments. But Presidents can move more quickly to designate monuments, protecting more land and more places of cultural and spiritual significance. Indigenous peoples are still fighting for our inherent right to sovereignty, to manage our ancestral lands and waters. We need as many tools as possible to make treaty rights a reality, including the Antiquities Act. The Antiquities Act is more necessary than ever as climate change accelerates and the fossil fuel and mineral extraction industries gain power in our government to stop legislation protecting public lands from encroaching development. Click ‘Start Writing’ to sign and send a direct message calling on your U.S. House Representative vote against the Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act or any other attempt to weaken the Antiquities Act now.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/antiquities-act"
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