'This is our land': New Mexico's tribal groups gear up to fight for their home
by Edward Helmore in Rio Grande del Norte, New Mexico from Environment | The Guardian on (#2PAWN)
President Trump's decision to review the designations of 27 national monuments has raised fears of a corporate giveaway - and the pueblos of the Rio Grande valley are worried
As interior secretary Ryan Zinke arrived in Bears Ears national monument in southeastern Utah earlier this week to calm fears over proposals to reduce or redesignate 27 national monuments across 11 states, Taos Pueblo warchief Curtis Sandoval issued a stern warning: "If they allow drilling in the canyons, they'll set off the volcanoes."
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