Bears Ears Warrior Moves to Richfield

There have been many heroes and heroines in this grassroots volunteer effort to protect the Bears Ears from further federal control, but few individuals were as committed and engaged as was Cassy Moon, who opened our eyes to the facts, and jolted us out of our comfortable lethargy.  We will very much miss the Moon family, as they have now moved to Richfield, Utah.  But she promises to keep helping.  Here she is with other freedom fighters: 

L_R:  Eva Clarke Workman, Cassy Moon, Cody Cosby, Nicole Perkins, Wendy Black, and Commissioner Phil Lyman

Here are a few thank yous she received prior to leaving: 

          We Can’t Bear to see you go…but know you’ll keep Growling and Prowling!

~~Cassy is my hero. The first meeting on all this monument stuff I attended, Cassy spoke to the crowd. Urging all of us to get off our comfortable butts and understand we could fight this. That we HAD to fight this. Thank you so much for the collective kick in the pants.     Wendy Black

--Even though I’d know you as a teacher, I’d never seen your fire until at the Mike Noel meeting Phil organized in June 2016 at the arena theater.  I’ll never forget how you jumped up, not just once, but twice to plead with us to take this seriously, to get involved, to understand what we had to lose. Being the basically apolitical person I am, I don’t know if I’d gotten engaged in this battle otherwise.  Thank you for the motivation, insight, and passion you passed on that evening.  You are truly a great warrior-leader, and will be sorely missed in our community.    Janet Wilcox

~~Cassy Moon, from me and grandma Betty. 

We both want to say thank you for all the hard work that you have done with us fearless warriors. We will surely miss Cassy Moon and your family. We wish you the best and give us a call every once in while.  You are a one true friend-- very sensitive, very emotional about our cause. Thank you. We won't be able to make it today, but our prayers our blessing go with you.

Anna Tom and Grandma Betty Jones

Janet, Cassy with her Bears Ears Storyteller memento and Phil Lyman

~~Way back last May/June (not sure exactly when) I attended a meeting that I believe Phil Lyman put together with Mike Noel. Towards the end of the meeting there was a notebook that was passed around for everyone to put their contact info. A few days later I emailed everyone on that list trying to put some sort of group together to unite our efforts to fight the monument. It was very clumsily done and not very inspiring, but Cassy Moon was one of very few people who responded to that email.

A few weeks later I met with Irene Jones, Anna Tom, and Grandma Betty to plan out what we could do about utilizing the 4th of July and throw together a float in a matter of weeks. I sent out emails, texts, etc... and once again it was Cassy Moon who was among the few to respond. She not only responded but she took the bull by the horns and stepped in where ever she saw a need. She was involved up to her eyeballs from the very beginning. She has inspired me through her actions, writing, and willingness to stand up and speak out with passion and diplomacy. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work along side this warrior woman and will treasure this friendship and the many things I have learned from her over the past year. Good luck and God Bless you, Cassy!

Nicole Perkins

From Reighley Jones and Brydon Hunter: They said,  "We will both miss these kind people in our school; may you be guide by our eagle that flies high in the air; may you be our eyes and ears...for our cause we will continue on forward to getting it done...You both inspired us...