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InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council
190 Ford Rd., #333
Ukaih, CA 94582
(707) 485-8744
(707) 485-1247 (fax)
 
RETURN SINKYONE LANDS TO INDIAN HANDS!
INTERTRIBAL SINKYONE PARK PLANS THREATENED BY 
PROPOSED TIMBER INDUSTRY BUYOUT
 
November, 1994
 
The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council (ITSWC) 
recently has learned that Trust for Public Land 
(TPL) has received calls from North Coast timber 
industry representatives who claim that they are 
willing and able to purchase the 3,800 acre 
Sinkyone Upland Parcel adjoining the Sinkyone 
Wilderness State Park in northwest Mendocino 
County. This land is owned by Trust for Public 
Land, and through a contract with the California 
State Coastal Conservancy will be sold by December 
31, 1994.
 
This is the land proposed by ITSWC for the 
InterTribal Sinkyone Park that will provide 
restoration and preservation of Sinkyone's many 
natural and cultural resources, largely destroyed 
by clearcut logging that was finally halted in 1985 
through the "Sally Bell Lawsuit" (EPIC vs. 
Johnson).
 
Since its founding in 1986, ITSWC has diligently 
continued its work at Sinkyone to protect and 
preserve sacred Indian sites and other cultural 
resources of our People. This is tour Ancestral 
Homeland and we must preserve our Sinkyone cultural 
heritage for our children.
 
ITSWC is conducting many successful projects on 
both the TPL Sinkyone Upland Parcel, and the 
adjoining Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. These 
include salmon stream improvement, treeplanting and 
brush removal, endangered species protection and 
native plant nursery, removal of old logging roads, 
watershed and forestry stewardship planning, 
cultural resource monitoring, ethnohistorical 
studies, cultural/ educational programs and events, 
and university research projects.
 
ITSWC must raise $1.2 minion for the purchase of 
the 3,800 acre TPL Sinkyone Upland Parcel. To date, 
ITSWC's Sinkyone Land Fund has only $53,000. By 
December 31, 1994, a total of at least $300,000 is 
needed to secure a down payment. If we cannot raise 
this money, Sinkyone lands will likely be destroyed 
again by logging. Then all our work to save and 
heal our Homelands will have been for naught.
 
We cannot allow the Sinkyone to be lost. Your help 
is needed to establish the InterTribal Park. The 
Park will be open to all, and will assure that 
Sinkyone's irreplaceable natural and cultural 
resources are protected in perpetuity. It will be 
the living model of California Indian Land 
Stewardship that our ancestors practiced here for 
thousands of years. As Original People of this 
land, we believe we have a responsibility to help 
keep the land in balance, and to ensure that future 
generations will take care of the land, as the land 
takes care of us.
 
Become a Friend of Sinkyone by donating $100 or 
more to the Sinkyone Land Fund. Help us to re-
establish the California Indian presence at 
Sinkyone. Your tax-deductible donation may be made 
to:
 
InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council 190 Ford 
Road #333 Ukiah, CA 95482 Phone: (707) 485-8744
 
Letters of support for the InterTribal Park should 
be sent to:
 
Penny Allen,
Chairperson California State Coastal Conservancy
1300 Broadway, Suite 1100 
Oakland, CA 94612-2530
 
Chair of the Board
Mendocino County Board Of Supervisors
301 South State Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
 
ITSWC presentations about the Sinkyone land 
struggle can be arranged upon request. Sinkyone 
logo shirts ($15.00 ea, available in turquoise, 
white and grey; adult sizes: medium, large, Xlg, 
XXlg) and a 46 minute documentary Sinkyone video 
entitled "The Run to Save Sinkyone" ($30.00 ea) are 
available. To order send only money orders payable 
to "ITSWC" and mail to the above address. Above 
prices include sales tax, postage and handling. 
Allow three to four weeks for delivery.