Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (/əˌviːkwəˈɑːmeɪ/ə-VEE kwə AH-may;[1][2] Mojave: ʔaviː kʷaʔame, "highest mountain", from ʔaviː, "mountain, rock", and ʔamay, "up, above")[3][4] is a national monument that protects approximately 506,000 acres (2,050 km2) of the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada. President Joe Biden established it as a monument under the authority of the Antiquities Act on March 21, 2023.[5][6] It is named for Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, which is visible from most of the monument and is considered sacred as the site of creation by the Yuman tribes.[7] Most of the monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Conservation Lands, and the National Park Service manages the portion within Lake Mead National Recreation Area.[8]
^Paul Jackson, Jr. (December 1, 2021). Avi Kwa Ame: Road to 30 Postcards. Center for Western Priorities. Event occurs at 0:07. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
^"Avi Kwa Ame National Monument". Nevada Outdoor Business Coalition. 2023. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023. Pronounced Ah-VEE kwa-ah-may.
^Schneider, Geoffrey; Houk, Rose (1998). Lake Mead National Recreation Area Guide to Boating. Tucson, Arizona: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association. p. 54. ISBN 1-877856-78-9. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
^Munro, Pamela; Brown, Nellie; Crawford, Judith G. (1992). A Mojave Dictionary(PDF). Los Angeles: University of California. pp. 36, 123. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
^Davenport, Coral (March 16, 2023). "Biden Plans to Name Nevada's Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^Maxine, Joselow (March 17, 2023). "Biden to declare huge national monument in Nevada, honoring tribes". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^Schechter, Alex (January 24, 2023). "'The Place Where Shamans Dream': Safeguarding Spirit Mountain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^"A Proclamation on Establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument". The White House. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
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