It took decades, stacks of legal paperwork and countless phone calls, but, in the spring of 2025, a California Chuckchansi Native American woman and her daughter walked onto a 5-acre parcel of land, ...

The Land Back movement in the United States has gained significant momentum in recent years, with major tracts of land being returned to Native American tribes through state agreements, federal ...

The Shasta Indian Nation will be returned 2,820 acres of ancestral land in northwestern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday. The land return is the largest in California history and comes ...

The impact of fire on land, the environment, health and communities, a topic often discussed in California, is often dominated by expressions of sensationalism. Photos: Oakland Museum of California ...

From Klamath paddling to Mojave hiking, Indigenous guides show new ways to explore and care for California’s standout ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In a historic move, California has returned more than 2,800 acres of land to the Shasta Indian Nation. Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that this is part of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California is making an effort to return ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...

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In the 1860s, an armed militia swept into the historic land of the Serrano people in the San Bernardino mountains and went on a killing spree, attempting to slaughter the entire tribe. A tribal leader ...

From seaweed-driven dishes to Séka Hills olive oils, Indigenous chefs and growers are redefining how California eats. We checked in with a chef at the heart of the movement, Monterey Bay’s Christina ...