BY JENNY ROWLAND
One of America’s most archaeologically and culturally rich yet unprotected areas is experiencing an onslaught of looting, vandalism, and grave robbing. A Native American intertribal coalition—led by the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Ute Indian Tribe—has called on President Barack Obama to protect the area as a national monument.