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{{Short description|Consortium of Northern California tribal nations}}
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The '''InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council''' is a consortium of [[Northern California coastal forests|Northern California]] tribal nations focused on environmental and cultural preservation.{{r|NPR 2022-01-26}} The council, which includes members of 10 federally recognized tribes in [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino]] and [[Lake County, California|Lake]] counties, has worked to protect lands of cultural importance along the [[North Coast (California)|North Coast]] within the traditional [[Sinkyone]] tribal territory since it was established in 1986.{{r|KQED 1-27}} Nonprofit and governmental organizations have cooperated with the council in the restoration of property to descendants of its original inhabitants which is part of an effort to return Indigenous lands and autonomy to Indigenous communities.{{r|Lindenberg 2020}} After the invasion of the traditional Sinkyone tribal territory by multitudes of Euro-American settlers in the mid-1850s, Sinkyone people eventually became enrolled members at several tribes located throughout the region.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rosales |first=Hawk |date=April 2010 |title=The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness: Ten Tribes Reclaiming, Stewarding, and Restoring Ancestral Lands |url=https://wild.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Rosales-Apr10-IJW-Vol16_no1-web2.pdf |journal=International Journal of Wilderness |volume=16/#1 |pages=8–12 |via=Wild.org}}</ref> The council is made up of the [[Cahto Indian Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria]], [[Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians]], [[Hopland Band of Pomo Indians of the Hopland Rancheria|Hopland Band of Pomo Indians]], [[Pinoleville Pomo Nation]], [[Potter Valley Tribe]], [[Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians]], [[Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California|Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians]], [[Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation|Round Valley Indian Tribes]], [[Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California|Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians]] and [[Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California|Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians]].{{r|SFG 2012-04-28}}
Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness on the [[Lost Coast]] of Mendocino County is considered the nation's first intertribal wilderness.{{r|Lindenberg 2020|p=31}} The {{convert|3845 |acre|ha|adj=mid| site}} was acquired by the council in 1997 following a campaign led by [[The Trust for Public Land]].{{r|NYT 2022-01-26}} Four Corners was donated to the council in 2012 by the [[Save the Redwoods League]] which is an organization focused on the protection and restoration of [[coast redwood]] and [[giant sequoia]] forests and connecting people to them.{{r|SFG 2012-04-28}} As part of their effort to return lands and autonomy to Indigenous communities, the league donated and transferred the forest land to the tribal council while retaining a [[conservation easement]].{{r|2020 Lindenberg|p=10}}
The council designated Tc'ih-Léh-Dûñ, (pronounced "tsih-ih-LEY-duhn"), as a tribal protected area which recognizes that it is within the Sinkyone traditional territory and that it holds [[Eel River Athapaskan traditional narratives|great cultural significance]] for the council and its member tribes as it was the hunting, fishing and ceremonial grounds of generations of [[Indigenous peoples of California|Indigenous peoples]].{{r|NYT 2022-01-26}} Tc'ih-Léh-Dûñ, which means "fish run place" in the Sinkyone language, was acquired from the Save the Redwoods League in 2022.{{r|KQED 1-27}} Located west of the [[Sinkyone Wilderness State Park]] and north of the Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness, the remote {{convert|523|acre|ha|adj=mid| area}} (formerly known as Andersonia West) had been purchased by the league in July 2020.{{r|NYT 2022-01-26}} As part of their effort to return lands and autonomy to Indigenous communities, the league again donated and transferred the forest land to the tribal council while retaining a conservation easement.{{r|NPR 2022-01-26}}
==References==
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<ref name="KQED 1-27">{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Matthew|date=January 27, 2022|title='A Real Blessing': Tribal Group Reclaims More Than 500 Acres of Northern California Redwoods|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11902489/a-real-blessing-tribal-group-reclaims-more-than-500-acres-of-northern-california-redwoods|access-date=2022-01-29|work=KQED|language=en-us}}</ref>
<ref name="NPR 2022-01-26">{{Cite news|last=Treisman|first=Rachel|date=2022-01-26|title=A California redwood forest has officially been returned to a group of Native tribes|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075778055/california-redwood-forest-native-american-tribes|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref>
<ref name="NYT 2022-01-26">{{Cite news|last=Paz|first=Isabella Grullón|date=2022-01-26|title=Redwood Forest in California Is Returned to Native Tribes|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/california-redwoods-native-american-conservation.html|access-date=2022-01-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
<ref name="Lindenberg 2020">{{Cite thesis|last1=Lindenberg|first1=Justin|last2=Pardi|first2=Nicholas|date=April 22, 2020|title=Voluntary Tribal Engagement Strategies for Save the Redwoods League|url=https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/20505/Voluntary%20Tribal%20Engagement%20by%20Justin%20Lindenberg%20and%20Nicholas%20Pardi.pdf?sequence=1|publisher=Duke University}}</ref>
<ref name="SFG 2012-04-28">{{Cite news|last=Fimrite|first=Peter|date=2012-04-28|title=Indians given 164 acres by Save the Redwood League|url=https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Indians-given-164-acres-by-Save-the-Redwood-League-3517183.php|access-date=2022-01-31|work=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref name="2020 Lindenberg">{{Cite thesis |last1=Lindenberg |first1=Justin |last2=Pardi |first2=Nicholas |date=2020-04-23 |title=Voluntary Tribal Engagement Strategies for Save the Redwoods League |publisher=Duck University |url=https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/20505 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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