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Native America Calling: Tribes helping re-establish North America’s largest bird
Monday, May 9, 2022
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Tribes helping re-establish North America’s largest bird
After decades of planning, the Yurok Tribe was instrumental in releasing two California condors into the skies over the redwoods of Northern California.

74 reactions · 20 shares | Yurok Tribal Council Member Sherri Provolt shares the significance of the recent reintroduction of prey-go-neesh (condor) in Yurok Country and how it fits into an ongoing cultural and ecological revitalization effort. Tribal Council Member Provolt also talks about what the reintroduction means for the next generations of Yurok people. On Tuesday, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, comprised of the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks (NPS), released the first two prey-go-neesh to fly over Yurok skies in more than a century. The reintroduction is the result of 15 years of work led by the Yurok Tribe. | Yurok Tribe
74 reactions · 20 shares | Yurok Tribal Council Member Sherri Provolt shares the significance of the recent reintroduction of prey-go-neesh (condor) in Yurok Country and how it fits into an ongoing cultural and ecological revitalization effort. Tribal Council Member Provolt also talks about what the reintroduction means for the next generations of Yurok people. On Tuesday, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program, comprised of the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks (NPS), released the first two prey-go-neesh to fly over Yurok skies in more than a century. The reintroduction is the result of 15 years of work led by the Yurok Tribe. | Yurok Tribe

Yurok Tribal Council Member Sherri Provolt shares the significance of the recent reintroduction of prey-go-neesh (condor) in Yurok Country and how it fits into an ongoing cultural and ecological…
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The tribe’s chairman says it’s part of the “sacred responsibility to maintain balance in the natural world.”

Other tribes are also working to restore habitat and manage reintroduction of the largest bird in North America.

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Tiana Williams (Yurok), Yurok tribe wildlife department director

Robert Mesta (Yaqui), Liberty Wildlife non-eagle feather repository program director

Angela Sondenaa (Confederated Tribes of Silez), precious lands project leader and ecologist for the Nez Perce tribe

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