California city returns island taken from native tribe in 1860 massacre
‘It’s a really good example of resilience because Wiyot people never gave up the dream,’ Wiyot tribal administrator says
Indian Island off the coast of Northern California was the site of a massacre, a place that was contaminated by a shipyard and flush with invasive species.
It’s also the spiritual and physical center of the universe for the small Wiyot tribe, and it will belong to them almost entirely Monday after a city deeds all the land it owns on the island to the tribe.
