Northern California’s majestic redwood forest was once the home of Indigenous Tribes, including the Sinkyone people, that were forced from their land by European settlers. Nonprofit Save the Redwoods League has transferred ownership of 523 acres of forest on the Lost Coast which includes 200 acres of old-growth redwoods to the Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a non-profit group of ten Tribes.
The group of 10 tribes that have inhabited the area for thousands of years will be responsible for protecting the land dubbed Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ, or “Fish Run Place,” in the Sinkyone language.
LOS ANGELES (AP) The descendants of Native American tribes on the Northern California coast are reclaiming a bit of their heritage that includes ancient redwoods that have stood since their ancestors walked the land.