Long thought of incorrectly as hunter-gatherers, the California Indigenous tribe the Amah Mutsun were actually careful tenders of the land. UC Santa Cruz’s Arboretum & Botanic Garden honors this ...

Eight Native Stewardship Corps, a conservation crew made up of Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members, gather in a circle. They all wear yellow fire-resistant work uniforms and start the day with a ...

Known as Juristac or Sargent Ranch, this area has been used for generations of Amah Mutsun, descendants of the Ohlone people whose ancestral lands include Palo Alto and other swaths of Santa Clara ...

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif.— The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band will be stepping forward in a public journey of healing and restoration on Sunday. One of the greatest challenges before the tribe is the ...

The Peninsula Open Space Trust purchased a nearly 2,500-acre portion of the Sargent Ranch in southern Santa Clara County, ...

Speaking on the floor of the United Nations in April 2018, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Valentin Lopez described how his people’s most sacred site may soon be reduced to simply an ...

This article is the second in a two-part series about Protect Juristac, a years-long campaign led by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to stop sand and gravel mining on their sacred grounds. The ...

The recent vote of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to grant the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band a cultural conservation easement on Mount Umunhum is a decision that will have positive ...

GILROY, Calif. (KGO) -- For members of the Amah Mutsun tribe, a stretch of rolling hills in southern Santa Clara County is known as Juristac. With pristine valleys, running creeks and natural tar ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. In Santa Clara County, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band is fighting for one of their most sacred sites, known as ...

A ceremonial burn, conducted with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, helps manage the forest, according to the organization. "2016 was pretty special, being able to be a part of that," Rowbotham remembers.

The recent vote of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to grant the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band a cultural conservation easement on Mount Umunhum is a decision that will have positive ...