The Tule River Indian Tribe, whose ancestors have lived amidst the rivers and woodlands of the southern Sierra Nevada for thousands of years, are reclaiming 17,000 acres of their historical lands. The ...

A Native American tribe that was displaced by the establishment of Yosemite National Park is getting part of its lands back. The land transfer, from Pacific Forest Trust, is considered a major ...

Nearly 900 acres of land near Yosemite National Park is coming back under the control of its original inhabitants. Last week, the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation closed a deal to purchase 896 acres of ...

In the 1850s, miners, settlers and soldiers violently drove them out of the Yosemite area during the Gold Rush. Now, 175 years later, the Southern Sierra Miwuks’ descendants have begun to reclaim some ...