Ancient Redwood Forest in California Will Be Returned to Indigenous Tribal Group
Ancient Redwood Forest , In California Will Be Returned to , Indigenous Tribal Group.
Fox News reports that the descendants of
Native American tribes on the Northern
California coast will reclaim 500 acres of forest. .
The land includes ancient redwoods
that have towered over the landscape
since their ancestors walked the land. .
On January 25, the Save the Redwoods League announced
that a section of the Lost Coast will be transferred
to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. .
The organization of 10 tribes will reportedly be
responsible for protecting the area dubbed Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ,
or "Fish Run Place," in the Sinkyone language.
It’s a real blessing. It’s like a healing for
our ancestors. I know our ancestors are
happy. This was given to us to protect, Priscilla Hunter, Chairwoman of the Sinkyone Council, via Fox News.
Fox News reports that the transfer is part of the Land Back movement to return Indigenous lands to the ancestors of those who originally dwelled there. .
The league reportedly paid $37 million to protect
part of the Lost Coast from a lumber company
that wanted to use the land for logging. .
According to Fox News, the land was
last logged 30 years ago and still
has a large number of old-growth redwoods. .
This is a property where you
can almost tangibly feel that
it is healing, that it is recovering. , Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News.
This is a property where you
can almost tangibly feel that
it is healing, that it is recovering. , Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News.
You walk through the forest and, even
as you see the kind of ghostly stumps
of ancient trees that were harvested,
you could also in the foggy landscape see
the monsters that were left behind as well
as the young redwoods that are
sprouting from those stumps, Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News
Fox News reports that the descendants of
Native American tribes on the Northern
California coast will reclaim 500 acres of forest. .
The land includes ancient redwoods
that have towered over the landscape
since their ancestors walked the land. .
On January 25, the Save the Redwoods League announced
that a section of the Lost Coast will be transferred
to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. .
The organization of 10 tribes will reportedly be
responsible for protecting the area dubbed Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ,
or "Fish Run Place," in the Sinkyone language.
It’s a real blessing. It’s like a healing for
our ancestors. I know our ancestors are
happy. This was given to us to protect, Priscilla Hunter, Chairwoman of the Sinkyone Council, via Fox News.
Fox News reports that the transfer is part of the Land Back movement to return Indigenous lands to the ancestors of those who originally dwelled there. .
The league reportedly paid $37 million to protect
part of the Lost Coast from a lumber company
that wanted to use the land for logging. .
According to Fox News, the land was
last logged 30 years ago and still
has a large number of old-growth redwoods. .
This is a property where you
can almost tangibly feel that
it is healing, that it is recovering. , Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News.
This is a property where you
can almost tangibly feel that
it is healing, that it is recovering. , Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News.
You walk through the forest and, even
as you see the kind of ghostly stumps
of ancient trees that were harvested,
you could also in the foggy landscape see
the monsters that were left behind as well
as the young redwoods that are
sprouting from those stumps, Sam Hodder, President and CEO
of the Save the Redwoods League, via Fox News