Sawalmem, which translates roughly to “sacred water” in the Winnemem Wintu language, is restoring the ecosystem of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe’s traditional lands along the Lower McCloud River in Northern California and extending their land base at the foot of one of their sacred sites, Bear Mountain. Through this work they are actualizing their ancestral obligation to bring back their ecovillage, protect the waters, restore their salmon runs, conduct ceremonies, and raise the next generation of Winnemem Wintu in a safe, sovereign, and traditional way.