Source: SFGate
“A 656-acre parcel of land tucked into the desert mountains south of Palm Springs and Cathedral City has been returned to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the tribe and local conservation groups announced this week. The parcel is located deep in the upper Palm Canyon area within the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains and neighbors several parcels that are already owned and managed by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians as part of its Indian Canyons trail system. Tribal Chairman Reid D. Milanovich called the return of the unceded ancestral land ‘the restoration of responsibility’ in a news release issued Monday. ‘Since time immemorial, our people have stewarded these mountains and waterways. We are grateful to Friends of the Desert Mountains, the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, and the State of California for their partnership in advancing land conservation through Tribal stewardship,’ Milanovich said in the news release.” (03/12/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/desert-tribe-land-return-22070949.php