Amah Mutsun Land Trust Acquires First Property in Ancestral Territory by via Amah Mutsun Land Trust“tooromakma hinse nii” Acquisition Marks a Significant Step Forward for Amah Mutsun Tribal Bandkuluulistak* (Gilroy, Calif.) Sept 20, 2025 – Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) announces that by the end of 2025, AMLT will acquire a 50-acre property near the intersection of Highways 129 and 101 in San Juan Bautista, Calif., marking the first time the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (AMTB) has regained full access rights to land in its traditional territory since their forced removal over 225 years ago. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band does not believe they own the land in their ancestral territory, but that the land is Creator’s and that the Amah Mutsun have a sacred responsibility to Creator to steward it. About the Amah Mutsun Land Trust: Formed by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in 2015, AMLT is an Indigenous land trust that engages Tribal members, community volunteers, conservation organizations, and public land agencies in stewardship and conservation partnerships that restore sacredness to ancestral Mutsun and Awaswas lands and waters. The Amah Mutsun Land Trust is the vehicle by which the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band is returning to the lands, knowledge, and practices of their ancestors. About the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band: The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band comprises descendants of the Indigenous peoples who were taken to the missions at San Juan Bautista and Santa Cruz during the Spanish colonization of California’s Central Coast.