The Land Desk

The Land Desk

On governance by spite and the future of Bears Ears

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Nov 20, 2024
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Valley of the Gods and Cedar Mesa. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

On a mid-November evening I stood on a gravelly plain, shivering in the wind as clouds dangled their wispy fingers of snow onto Cedar Mesa to the north of me. The long sunset finally fizzled into darkness and I watched for the one-day-past-full moon to rise over the Valley โ€ฆ

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