Avi Kwa Ame

Spirit Mountain, called Avi Kwa Ame by the Mojave Tribe, is a mountain within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Laughlin, Nevada. The entire area is considered sacred by ten Yuman speaking tribes as well as the Hopi and Chemehuevi Paiute. For the Yuman tribes, the area is tied to their creation, cosmology and well-being. 

Energy developers and others have tried to build wind farms and other industry projects in the region for years, and without national monument status, the sacred land is under threat. 

A coalition of tribes, local Searchlight, Boulder City and Las Vegas residents, the Nevada Legislature, conservation groups, recreation interests and others are calling on President Bident to establish Avi Kwa Ame as a National Monument to permanently protect it.