A public briefing on cultural access, ancestral lands, notice systems, agreements, field rules, and protected records.
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The Law Says We Can Be There. Nothing Says How.
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California increasingly recognizes Native cultural and religious practice on ancestral lands. The working machinery of access still has to be built: MOUs, notice, protocols, contacts, and protected records.