"Sáttítla National Monument stands as a profound opportunity to honor the Pit River Nation's enduring fight to protect our homelands and to safeguard California's water and cultural heritage for future generations," said Yatch Bamford, chairman of the Pit River Nation, in a recent statement. "Protecting Sáttítla would not just preserve sacred lands - it would cement a legacy of respect, reconciliation, and responsibility to the planet and its people."
The Sáttítla National Monument encompasses parts of the Shasta-Trinity, Klamath and Modoc national forests. This area is sacred to the 11 bands of the Pit River Tribe, who consider the Medicine Lake Highlands their ancestral homeland and the site of their creation narrative.
These designations seek to protect areas in the lake-dotted forests in the state's northernmost reaches and in Southern California near Joshua Tree. The action follows years of advocacy by Indigenous communities and conservationists to preserve the lands, which hold spiritual and ecological value.
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