California Redwoods Gateway Is Returned to Indigenous Tribe. ‘That’s Healing Our People Too’

California redwoods gateway is returned to Indigenous tribe. ‘That’s healing our people too’

LOS ANGELES — This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Northern California’s Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.

Former old-growth sawmill site next to Redwood National Park restored and transferred to tribe

Project is the latest example of California tribes acquiring ancestral lands

Yurok Tribe, Save the Redwoods League finalize major land transfer

Save the Redwoods League transferred 125 acres of land in the heart of Yurok ancestral territory back to the Yurok Tribe through a transformational agreement that prioritizes tribal land-management practices, creates a new public space and permanently protects critical salmon…

Repatriated Yurok land to welcome guests to Calif. national park

SF Gate reported California’s Yurok Tribe lost 90% of their land. Now, 125 acres have been returned in a historic partnership. Read on www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/historic-yurok-land-deal-near-redwood-national-19310940.php