Land-Use Priorities
Land-Use Priorities
Centering Our Work On Tribal Needs.
Historically, Fernandeño Tribal needs have been overlooked.
Historically, Fernandeño Tribal needs have been overlooked.
Non-Native land conservancies have often ignored tribal needs, displacing tribes from their ancestral homelands and disrupting their spatial relationships to land. Tribal needs and uses for their homelands may not always align with contemporary approaches to land management. We support land returning to Tribes and recognize their sovereign authority to determine how land is used to address Tribal priorities.
Tribes have different priorities. The following reflect the needs of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians:
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
TLC uses acquired lands as training facilities for youth education, allowing for valuable workforce development opportunities and one-on-one interaction with Tribal knowledge.
INTERPETIVE SIGNAGE
TLC collaborates with the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians to develop historically accurate signage throughout the ancestral homelands, enabling the Tribe to have a more robust and public platform to tell its story.
GATHERING SPACES
To account for the decades of land dispossession efforts that targeted the Tribe, TLC acquires land that will be conducive to ceremonial practices and meaningful Tribal gatherings.
RESTORATION
Acquired sites are managed with ecosystem wellness and restoration at the forefront by removing invasive species, initiating strategic plantings, and expanding ecological corridors to ensure endangered plants and animals persist for future generations.
PLANT NURSERY
TLC is developing a Tribal nursery that community members can use to pass traditional ecological knowledge to younger generations and harvest traditional plants for community-wide initiatives.
DISASTER-RISK MANAGEMENT
As devastating climate impacts, like extreme heat and wildfires, continue to ravage Los Angeles, TLC has been working with community-based organizations and non-profit partners to develop nature-based solutions, like seed banking, to protect the ecological DNA of conserved lands.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
TLC uses acquired lands as training facilities for youth education, allowing for valuable workforce development opportunities and one-on-one interaction with Tribal knowledge.
INTERPETIVE SIGNAGE
TLC collaborates with the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians to develop historically accurate signage throughout the ancestral homelands, enabling the Tribe to have a more robust and public platform to tell its story.
GATHERING SPACES
To account for the decades of land dispossession efforts that targeted the Tribe, TLC acquires land that will be conducive to ceremonial practices and meaningful Tribal gatherings.
RESTORATION
Acquired sites are managed with ecosystem wellness and restoration at the forefront by removing invasive species, initiating strategic plantings, and expanding ecological corridors to ensure endangered plants and animals persist for future generations.
PLANT NURSERY
TLC is developing a Tribal nursery that community members can use to pass traditional ecological knowledge to younger generations and harvest traditional plants for community-wide initiatives.
DISASTER-RISK MANAGEMENT
As devastating climate impacts, like extreme heat and wildfires, continue to ravage Los Angeles, TLC has been working with community-based organizations and non-profit partners to develop nature-based solutions, like seed banking, to protect the ecological DNA of conserved lands.
