To members of the Mono Lake Kutzadika Paiute tribe, it was an assault on their traditions, their culture and on their very survival. Now, 150 years after the Mono Lake Paiute culture was vanquished, the tribe has dwindled from 4,000 members to just 83. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Without federally protected land to call home, Mono Lake Paiute tribal members are scattered across the state. But their spiritual hubs remain nearby the almost million-year-old alkaline Mono Lake in the shadows of the jagged eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)The plight of the Mono Lake Paiute is an all too common story for California’s tribal communities, Madley said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 20, 2021 14:02 UTC