Sign the petition to Protect Kw’tsán today!
PICTURED HERE: Gold mining operations at Oro Cruz in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains. This picture depicts the destruction that is happening and could grow unchecked without permanent protection of the Kw’tsán cultural landscape.
Petition Text:
“I support the effort by the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe to Protect Kw’tsán in order to:
Honor the traditional homelands and protect the sacred sites, places and landscapes of the Quechan People;
Protect biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and critical wildlife corridors;
Preserve important historic sites important to American culture.
These lands are the traditional homelands of the Quechan People; designation and management of these lands should follow the guidance and honor the legacy of the people who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial.
