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…
The 17th Annual Ghosts of the Sagebrush Tour, sponsored by and raising funds for the Mono Basin Historical Society, includes a dinner and program on Friday, August 27, and a history tour on Saturday, August 28. This year’s event focuses…
The film tour of Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust kicked off in Lee Vining last week on Wednesday before continuing south, following the Los Angeles aqueduct to Bishop, Big Pine, and ending in Lone Pine on the weekend. The…
Welcome news arrived this Memorial Day Weekend when Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) traveled to Mono Lake to meet with Mono Lake Kootzaduka’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 Kootzaduka’a Tribe’s efforts to gain Federal Recognition describes a new chapter in their long quest. The Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe has been actively seeking Federal Recognition since the mid-1970s, so far,…
Today the Mono County Board of Supervisors considered final approval of the Tioga Inn project and deliberated the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe’s request to delay. The Tribe had made a formal request to postpone final consideration until they have had…
