The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Receive Ranchland

The wind blew hard and fast on top of a large hill in Dillon Beach, which looked out from the town to Tomales Point and the Pacific Ocean. 

The hillsides looked dry and drab. Sunlight shone off the long lines of waves heading to shore, and the wind was chilly on the hill. Thursday, Oct. 17 was a momentous day. It was a celebration of the return of 466 acres of Marin ranchlands and an estuary to the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the federally recognized tribe of the Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok people. 

This site, just north of Dillon Beach above the small Oceana Drive community, was first purchased by the Western Rivers Conservancy, a land conservation group whose purpose is to preserve and care for rivers and watersheds across the western United States. After purchasing it from the previous owners, Saint Antony Monastery, Western Rivers Conservancy “conveyed” or officially returned the land to its Indigenous caretakers.

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By:  Cole Hersey
Source: Bohemian

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