PBS NewsHour

Utah archaeological site becomes protest site

Clip: 09/18/2014 | 7m 8s

A prized Native American archaeological site in Utah has become the center of a battle over local vs. federal control. As part of our series Culture at Risk, Jeffrey Brown reports from Recapture Canyon, where ancient Pueblo cliff dwellings and artifacts remain after more than a millennium -- and a Bureau of Land Management decision to close the canyon to motorized vehicles has prompted protest.

Aired: 09/18/14

Rating: NR

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