Nonprofits and Indigenous Leadership in the Management of Bears Ears National Monument

Abstract

I would like to give special thanks to Dr. Eric Perramond, my thesis advisor, for his consistent support, encouragement, and for sharing with me his contagious fascination with this topic throughout the past year. Thank you to Dr. Corina McKendry, my second thesis reader, for her additional guidance on this project.Thank you to my parents for their continued love, care, and support of all my endeavors and growth -academic and otherwise.Thank you to the Four Corners Fund for providing me with the resources necessary to conduct research on this topic and subsequently complete this paper.Finally, thank you to those whom I interviewed while researching this topic for taking time out of their day to share with me their invaluable knowledge.