"Maybe the biggest step of all." Officials celebrate as 'phenomenal' deal transforms key lands for first time in generations: ...

This historic transfer, completed in partnership with the Western Rivers Conservancy, includes vital salmon habitats, culturally significant sites and important river tributaries that the Yurok will ...

It's being called the largest land return deal in California's history. Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey tells NPR's Scott Detrow what it means for the Yurok Tribe and for the land.

An effort to return 73 square miles of forests to California’s Yurok Tribe has been completed. Organizers say the deal will help restore and protect vital habitat for salmon in Blue Creek.

In January, the Yurok Tribe in California bought a 40-acre farm.Located next to an elementary school and the tribe’s Head Start program, the farm will serve as an outdoor classroom for children as ...

California's Yurok Tribe Gets Back Ancestral Lands That Were Taken Over 120 Years Ago ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and ...

Yurok country was inundated with settlers starting in 1850, when gold was discovered there. By the end of the Gold Rush, 75 percent of the Yurok had died from massacres and disease.

As chief judge of the Yurok Tribal Court, Abinanti wears no robe. On this day, she's in jeans and cowboy boots, her silver hair spilling down the back of a black down vest.

The Yurok, who have lived for centuries along California's Klamath River, received 217... Yurok Indians exult at return of sacred cache SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The Yurok Fire Department recently led a cultural burn demonstration near the Blue Lake Rancheria’s events center during the ...

The Yurok Tribe’s annual salmon festival in Klamath, California, is a little different this year. Yes, there’s a noisy parade, yes there are dozens of stalls selling T-shirts and jewelry, yes ...

Largest dam removal in US history could save Yurok tribe's salmon supply ABC’s Kayna Whitworth travels to the Klamath River to see efforts to restore the ecology and food supply for local tribes.