Throughout July our news team has been highlighting the cultural revitalization and native leadership with members of the Wailaki Tribe… Southern Humboldt/Southern Trinity/Northern Mendocino’s first peoples. 

Native Health in Native Hands, is a new non-profit that was founded by members of the Wailaki Tribe. They have graciously allowed KMUD News to document this historic revival of traditional practices that have been absent in our area since first contact and colonization. 

The organization partnered with members of the Wiyot Tribe, the Yurok Tribe, and State Parks to carve a traditional Redwood canoe at Richardson Grove earlier this month. 

For nearly 200 years, State Parks has refused to collaborate with local tribes, and even participated in their genocide, however in present day, State Park has begun a historic collaboration to work with Wailaki People, but is it enough to right the wrongs of the past?  Check that story out here.