The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has won for a third time in its battle against gold mining on its sacred lands. The Imperial County, California, Board of Supervisors voted March 19 to deny the Oro Cruz ...

The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, the Cahuilla Band of Indians, the Chemehuevi ...

From high above, Donald Medart Jr. looked down at the old mine. “You can see for yourself the difference in the landscape and the devastation that it caused,” he said. “There’s just a scar left.” ...

In the last days of his administration, President Joe Biden created a new national monument on the border of Riverside and Imperial County. The Chuckwalla National Monument granted sweeping federal ...

Imperial County supervisors have declined to uphold an environmental approval for gold mining on tribal lands and rare habitat in the county's eastern edge. That means the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has ...

Southern California tribal leaders and politicians were advocating in Washington, D.C. today for the establishment of a Chuckwalla National Monument south of Joshua Tree National Park. In urging ...