The Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe is currently working on a number of projects aimed at reviving the uses of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Indigenous peoples of the Mono Basin. These efforts confront the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from…
Last fall the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District hosted a Mono Air & Water Workshop in Lee Vining. The purpose of the workshop was to initiate a dialogue among stakeholders, agencies, and the Great Basin governing board to…
This fall the California Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle) began work to remediate the former Lee Vining Burn Dump site adjacent to the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor Center, which, like many old dump sites was…
This article, written by Caelen McQuilkin, was originally published in the Mammoth Times and is posted here with permission. Content warning: It contains content about the displacement of Indigenous people and violence towards communities of color, including police brutality. This…
Welcome news arrived this Memorial Day Weekend when Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) traveled to Mono Lake to meet with Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe members and announce plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday to ask Congress to extend…
Today’s Los Angeles Times article about the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe’s efforts to gain Federal Recognition describes a new chapter in their long quest. The Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe has been actively seeking Federal Recognition since the mid-1970s, so far,…
