Juristac, which translates to “the Place of the Big Head” in the Mutsun language, is a series of foothills at the heart of the tribe’s homeland that is covered with cultural artifacts and ...

Since 2009, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and members of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band have been working together on a community-centered learning project that highlights native plants traditionally used ...

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 ...

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians received a formal apology Saturday from the Diocese of Monterey for abuses of their people dating back to 1797 and the Spanish colonization ...

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 ...

The talk was hosted by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Costanoan/Ohlone Indians at part of the twice-yearly Mutson speaker series. “More than an estimated 62,000 Native Americans died within ...

But she couldn’t find any native Mutsun speakers there. In fact, no one seemed to know that her tribe still existed. “People would say: ‘Oh, they’re all dead. They’re all extinct ...

A Catholic church in San Juan Bautista held a mass Saturday, giving what it called a long overdue apology to a tribe that was mistreated during mission times.On Saturday, the Amah Mutsun Tribal ...

In Santa Clara County, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band is fighting for one of their most sacred sites, known as Juristac. Beginning In the late 1700s, Spanish colonizers forcibly removed the tribe from ...

Valentin Lopez, chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, said that people have been coming to Juristac for thousands of years for sacred ceremonies and healing. The tribe’s ancestors are also ...

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