BY ANNE MINARD
In a room filled with song, two mighty spiritual traditions came together this week to celebrate sacred ground, and the life force that emanates from Mother Earth herself.
Tribal leaders supporting the creation of Bears Ears National Monument hosted the renowned Tibetan monk His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, the highest leader of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and United Nations Ambassador for Mountain People of the world. Along with the leaders, His Holiness visited the monument’s namesake, a pair of sacred buttes that rise above the iconic landscape, to pray together and share in the sacredness of the land to be protected. The entourage then returned to Monument Valley to share an afternoon of song, traditional Navajo food and a discussion that was part rally and part public meeting...