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The American Anthropological Association, the Society for American Archaeology and the Archaeological Institute of America have joined to submit a brief in support of the plaintiffs who have sued the Trump administration alleging that the president does not have authority under the Antiquities Act to substantially reduce the size of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument (at right) and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Trump administration is seeking to remove much of the territory currently covered by the monuments to open up the space to mineral extraction, among other activities. The scholarly groups were involved in drafting the 1906 law that governs the monuments and say that it does not give the Trump administration leeway to act as it has done, potentially endangering archaeological objects.
