Big Sur tribe regains land 250 years after being removed
Nearly 250 years ago, when Spanish soldiers built a military outpost in Monterey and Franciscan padres founded the Carmel, Soledad, and...
Big Sur tribe gets back land stolen centuries ago
They nearly died out after Spaniard soldiers and missionaries arrived, bringing fatal diseases and forcing slavery upon members of the ...
Big Sur tribe regains land 250 years after being removed
Nearly 250 years ago, when Spanish soldiers built a military outpost in Monterey and Franciscan padres founded the Carmel, Soledad, and...
In Big Sur, a big win for the Esselen Tribe and the Little Sur River
Just beyond earshot of the crashing waves of the Big Sur coast, Western Rivers Conservancy has completed an unprecedented conservation ...
Big Sur land returns to Esselen Tribe after 250 years
The Esselen tribe is getting nearly two square miles of its ancestral lands in the heart of Big Sur back with the closing of a complica...
In Big Sur, a Big Step for Steelhead, Redwoods and the Little Sur River
Each fall on the Big Sur coast, steelhead swim from the ocean surf and enter the Little Sur River to spawn beneath some of the southern...
At Long Last, Smallest Native Californian Tribe Has Land To Call Their Own
Although the history of Native American indigenous peoples have unquestionably been filled with hardship, the Esselen Tribe in Californ...
Deal pending for Esselen tribe to buy ranch
If all goes according to plan, it won’t be a Silicon Valley executive or a land conservation group that soon takes ownership of a remot...
Esselen Tribe of Monterey County Receives $4.5 Million Grant from California Natural Resources Agency
As a result of a partnership between the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County (ETMC) and Western Rivers Conservancy, the tribe received a $...
The Esselen of Big Sur are landless no more, thanks to a $4.5 million state grant
At first, the area was known as Sargenta-Ruc, a Native American village with a view of Pixchi, or Pico Blanco Mountain, the center of c...