The Coast Miwok Tribal Council of Marin calls it “a rematriation.” It’s a return of tribal lands lost in the confiscation and turnover of over 150 years of governmental control over properties. In the ...

A new pact between California State Parks and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is being touted as a plan to ensure parks on the band’s ancestral lands are preserved and protected. State Parks ...

SACRAMENTO - One of the largest vacant lots in downtown Sacramento is getting a new owner. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is buying the parcel. The nearly two-acre lot sits along the ...

Picture Petaluma pre-European contact, with valley vistas, native grasses swaying, woodlands chock-full of wildlife, replete with waterfowl generously teeming throughout wetlands and waterways. Tall ...

Crystal Martinez-Alire’s family has deep roots in the Sacramento region where her Miwok ancestors lived for centuries along the rivers and Sierra Nevada foothills. Growing up, the Miwok culture was a ...

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians reclaimed a piece of its lost history Tuesday by purchasing landmark property in downtown Sacramento’s entryway — a lot once planned for ambitious development ...