We were saddened to hear the spiritual leader of the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians’ Kizh nation, Chief Ernest “Ernie” Perez Teutimez Salas, died at age 88. The Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor is within the Kizh nation’s ancestral lands. May his legacy live on, his teachings be remembered, and the tribe’s work continue.

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