Tribal communities across the Colorado Plateau face daunting problems: loss of language and culture, 50 percent unemployment rates, lasting and damaging impacts of past uranium mining, dependence on revenues from endangered power plants and coal mines, and ever-increasing impacts of global warming. To ensure that the plateau’s bio-cultural diversity survives and thrives despite these difficult changes, tribal members, communities, and governments are being challenged to simultaneously balance cultural preservation, sustainable economic development, and environmental protection. Their success in doing so will determine the vitality of the plateau over the coming decades.
Change Labs believes that entrepreneurship is our path to stronger and more resilient Native communities.The Grand Canyon Trust is proud to partner with Change Labs to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams and build a strong, resilient, and culturally respectful economy across Native America. Meet the bed-and-breakfast owners, fashion designers, and chefs who are revitalizing Native economies ›
Since 2009, we've facilitated the Colorado Plateau Intertribal Gatherings, which bring together tribal members from across the region to share knowledge and traditions, and work together to protect the Colorado Plateau. More about the gatherings ›
From defending the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition's original vision and scope of Bears Ears, to standing behind tribes as they reclaim the authority to manage their ancestral lands, we work to protect cultural landscapes on the Colorado Plateau. Learn about our Cultural Landscapes Program ›
Developers want to build a controversial mega-resort and tramway at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers.
The so-called Escalade development has outraged local families and tribes who do not want this sacred area to be commercialized. To help stop the project, we're support the families in their advocacy efforts. Learn more about their fight to stop bad development ›
A rally in Salt Lake City followed by a spiritual walk in White Mesa demonstrate the Ute community's determination to see uranium mill close.
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is the latest elected official to call for an environmental review of Pinyon Plain uranium mine.
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