How the Miwuk tribe is reclaiming part of Yosemite Valley
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As the sun poked through the trees of Yosemite Valley on a recent morning, a handful of men in plaid shirts, thick vests and baseball caps gathered beside a picnic table where smoke billowed from a stone-size bundle of burning herbs.
This group of Native Americans had come to the wooded spot, just steps from a campground where tourists poured from Subarus and minivans, to visit the grounds of the former Indian village of Wahhoga.