Tongva community leaders credit traditional stewardship practices, including the removal of fire-prone eucalyptus, with ...
This meant that Native American people could not freely go onto privately owned ranches and prayerfully harvest peyote as they had done for generations. They lost their sacred connection with the ...
The sites are in the rocky, mountainous desert near Joshua Tree and amid dense forests ... have fought for generations to protect these sacred Indigenous lands and their rich natural resources ...