James Adakai, a Navajo tribal leader and commissioner, in front of the Big Chief Mesa in Monument Valley.Adakai was selected as commissioner of the Bears Ears Coalition to protect the land during Obama's presidency. Now residing in Window Rock, AZ, he frequently makes hour long trips to Monument Valley and Bears Ears for meetings and efforts towards the fight to protect the land.
A man stands in a desert landscape with a large rock formation in the background, his gaze directed upwards.
A man stands in a desert landscape with a large rock formation in the background, his gaze directed upwards.