The Coast Miwok Tribal Council is hoping to take its place in the movement to return Native lands to their original inhabitants with the purchase of a 26-acre property nestled in the Nicasio Valley.

The council has a June 18 deadline to raise the land’s $1.3 million purchase price. Joe Sanchez, a tribal council elder and San Mateo County resident, said the council has raised about $400,000 so far. It plans to use the property…