Adonnah Langer is a long-standing Sundance jewelry artist whose creations are grounded in the Southwest sensibility that she developed while studying under Native American teachers. Through this, she has developed her own modern style of bead weaving, which is a slow and precise process.

Part of Bears Ears National Monument. Photo credit: Tim Peterson

On December 28th, President Obama created new national monuments in a sacred tribal site in our very own state of Utah and a swath of Nevada Desert. Known as Bears Ears, the White House announced the designation of 1.35 million beautiful acres of land in Utah as a national monument.