Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation regains ancestral lands near Yosemite in major cultural restoration

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Nearly 900 acres of ancestral territory have been officially returned to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, marking a major milestone in Indigenous land restoration efforts in California. The property, which borders Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest, includes Henness Ridge, a culturally vital landscape that once formed […] The post Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation regains ancestral lands near Yosemite in major cultural restoration first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.