https://sinkyone.org/home daily 1.0 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575413794370-4AOAQ3A3ZO9DE6XRH9DC/willows+lining+a+creek.jpg Our Purpose - Over 400 Acres Protected ©Jack Dykinga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575413897798-DXXYEJ18EST5B1BBL1HF/Roosevelt+Elk+in+the+forest.jpg Our Purpose - Over 400 Acres Protected ©Jack Dykinga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575413957642-1GRS48UGECF31OJZNXY9/Arch+rock+in+ocean.jpeg Our Purpose - Over 4000 Acres Protected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575414039353-QCC9DC947PYUS4MZD48F/brilliant+green+ferns.jpg Our Purpose - Over 4000 Acres Protected ©Jack Dykinga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575414092644-GJBDWO85NX09XAX7GR64/fog+sweeping+hillside.jpg Our Purpose - Over 4000 Acres Protected ©Jack Dykinga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573440497351-ZOC52QGPT79BKQVXWSKH/logo2.jpg Our Purpose - our purpose We work in the coastal rainforest and marine environments of California’s North Coast to protect culturally important lands, waters, animals, trees, and plants within the traditional Sinkyone Tribal territory and beyond. We provide settings for the revitalization of California Indian peoples’ cultural ways of life, traditional land practices and spiritual relationships with these places. We promote appropriate wilderness recreation, and provide advocacy for and education about cultural lands and Tribal traditional rights. We carry out our work with respect for Mother Earth and our responsibility to past, present and future generations of all life. Our efforts are guided by our peoples’ traditional beliefs, knowledge and understandings, and by the laws of the land and the rights of nature. https://sinkyone.org/about daily 0.75 2021-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1579583013981-UHVGK1ABDD0FLJ9LGXL3/IMG_1619.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575002719961-5TVGHA3Z15SSK9B31BWI/Dancer%252Bat%252BSinkyone.jpg About Us - OUR FOCUS The Sinkyone Council supports the re-establishment of local Tribal peoples’ relationship with their traditional territories: Culturally-informed initiatives providing lasting protection for land and water Protection and restoration of the coastal forest and marine ecosystems Advocacy of traditional cultural land and water rights Culturally-informed environmental education Collaborations with a wide variety of project partners Photo © InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council: Dancer at Sinkyone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1575003924963-KAL0B2TH70N9ZJPAMSTJ/Banana+Slug.jpeg About Us - OUR COMMITMENT Acquisition, lasting protection and cultural care for the lands and waters of our traditional territories Protection and revitalization of cultural values, places and ways of life Protection and restoration of native fish, animals, trees, and plants and their habitats Advocacy and education about our cultural responsibility to care for lands and waters Traditional cultural events and recreational programs Photo © InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council: Náh-tos (Banana Slug) https://sinkyone.org/donate daily 0.75 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1571980253627-WIYG3MBHU3I1OCV90R1T/IMG_5456.jpg Donate https://sinkyone.org/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573338869473-399NN9XGUKL0TBGO0JC5/P_20130824D81_0264.jpg Contact https://sinkyone.org/council-members daily 0.75 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1574845550286-DLJJJL3H6ENEC390XQYA/Sinkyone%2BCoast.jpg Council Members https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/56ad9b5e-2fa7-454d-94ed-1127b8823244/Scan_20260228.png Council Members TASHEENA SLOAN Council Member Tasheena is Tribal Vice Chairwoman for Cahto Tribe of Laytonville Rancheria. She represents her Tribe as a member of the Sinkyone Council. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/ca828c76-05dc-4372-98d6-0026f0c9e36a/IMG_2143.jpeg Council Members MELINDA HUNTER Council Member Melinda is Tribal Vice Chairwoman for Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. She represents her Tribe as a member of the Sinkyone Council. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573459348078-FP7NNNLGRMV8H9FUBHWS/IMG_3572+2.jpeg Council Members SUZANNE ROMERO Council Member Suzanne is Tribal Council Secretary for Hopland Band of Pomo Indians. She represents her Tribe as a member of the Sinkyone Council. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/3466495f-9060-4d82-b4cd-836c6e2df7d2/Mariah+Photo.jpeg Council Members MARIAH ROSALES Council Chairwoman Mariah is a Tribal Citizen of the Potter Valley Tribe. She represents her Tribe on the Sinkyone Council, where she serves as Chairwoman. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573459837228-WVOACI9PCE3FFVQ3NBPJ/IMG_3572+6.jpeg Council Members DEBRA RAMIREZ Council Vice Chairwoman Debra is Tribal Chairwoman for Redwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians. She represents her Tribe on the Sinkyone Council, where she is Vice Chairwoman. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573437444292-0Q5CCHD6K5TT3SPIDMVE/IMG_0571.jpg Council Members JAIME BOGGS Council Member Jaime is a Tribal Citizen of Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians. He represents his Tribe as a member of the Sinkyone Council. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/49eb9ffc-4e90-42ed-962a-966975811249/Resized_20220421_134309.jpeg Council Members MICHELLE DOWNEY Council Member Michelle is a Tribal Council Member-At-Large for Round Valley Indian Tribes. She represents her Tribe as a member of the Sinkyone Council. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1572910915163-F4M8RBAH1M91367CP6NO/Crista+Ray.jpg Council Members CRISTA RAY Council Treasurer Crista is Tribal Council Secretary for Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians. She represents her Tribe on the Sinkyone Council, where she serves as Treasurer. ______________________ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/3e90be75-fd55-42c2-9d56-461bcf953836/Stacey.jpg Council Members - Make it stand out STACEY PHILLIPS Council Member Stacey is Tribal Council Parliamentarian for Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians and represents her Tribe as a Sinkyone Council member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573459556472-67ORGLJKUMGCRC5FYLV7/IMG_3572+4.jpeg Council Members MARTHA KNIGHT Council Secretary Martha is Pomo, and has been a member of the Sinkyone Council since its founding in the 1980s. She serves as Board Secretary for the Sinkyone Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/876e1643-63e2-446e-b93f-c78983929ba0/BUFFIE+SCHMIDT.jpg Council Members - Make it stand out BUFFIE CAMPBELL Executive Director Buffie is Sinkyone Council’s Executive Director. A Tribal Citizen of Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians. Descendant of Noyo Reservation on her dad’s side and Yokayo Rancheria on her mom’s side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573460630623-O1SSV0SZYZTDERHN1YDU/IMG_6058%2B2.jpg Council Members NÓÓ-NIH BLACK BEAR Council Guide This Nóó-nih youngster is a member of the Sinkyone cultural landscape / sacred ecosystems. Nóó-nih and many other relatives are protected through our work. https://sinkyone.org/achievements daily 0.75 2024-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573337235638-TA3QT5XW7ZKTL6H31LOI/Abalone.jpeg OUR WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573461890038-HT6T7DIFQFLADM3OCXPA/Dykinga+redwood+forest.jpg OUR WORK Photo © Jack Dykinga A portion of the Kahs-tcho (Redwood) forest in the Wolf Creek watershed protected by InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573615191597-GTHAFOTYMYQGYHGFH7ZL/Wolf+Creek+Jump+Pools.jpeg OUR WORK Photo © InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council A few of the salmon refugia pools the Sinkyone Council has constructed along several miles of Wolf Creek, on InterTribal Sinkyone land and the adjacent Sinkyone Wilderness State Park to rehabilitate salmonid habitat damaged by past logging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1573337029431-VI49WBUGDU4RS359OW6B/Tribal+Equipment+Operators+Removing+Old+Logging+Roads.jpeg OUR WORK Photo © InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council Tribal equipment operators removing old logging roads at Sinkyone as part of the multi-year watershed rehabilitation project to reduce erosion and sediment deliveries, improve water quality, and restore native habitat. https://sinkyone.org/tribal-comments-on-navy-seis daily 0.75 2019-11-27 https://sinkyone.org/news daily 0.75 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db26a9129f30174496b208b/1621229845455-428KUIM1YZC2RCJIJ4EZ/IMG_5473.jpg NEWS https://sinkyone.org/home-alt-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us