"… ls, miles above California’s Sacramento Valley, the 640-acre home of the Cortina Band of Wintun Indians lies empty except for six houses, a graveyard, and …"

"… well dries up.Hilly, parched, and carpeted with prickly star thistle, the Cortina land isn’t much good for farming or running cattle. It isn’t good for …"

"… €™t good for much, but two outside developers have found a way to make the Cortina land pay.In 2007, the band began leasing nearly 70 percent of its land to …"

"… plans to truck in 1,500 tons of municipal waste a day and bury it deep in Cortina’s canyons.The Cortina landfill is one among dozens of projects across th …"