The Blue Creek watershed from above. File photo: Thomas Dunklin, via the Yurok Tribe.

The effort to rematriate land, natural resources and political sovereignty back to Indigenous peoples offers an important opportunity for restorative justice. It also offers an opportunity for better land conservation too, moving from extractive colonial models of land management to more holistic management. Yet, land back has been met with caution from conservatives and even some environmental advocates.

Guests Molli Myers of the Klamath Indigenous Land Trust and Alex Leumer of Leumer Consulting join the program to discuss the marriage of restorative justice and conservation and efforts in Sacramento to promote Indigenous management opportunities.