Although Patwin lands were taken by waves of Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers, the Patwin connection to Vallejo and Solano County has been continuous and unwavering. Patwin tribes (including the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation) hold a cultural easement from the City of Vallejo, allowing the tribes to preserve and protect their cultural resources along the shoreline of San Pablo Bay. They partner with local agencies to protect open space and restore native habitats in Vallejo and its surroundings. They helped create and continue to fund the Mobile Food Pharmacy, an award-winning program that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables. This program has distributed more than 2,400,000 pounds of healthy food based on 16,000 “food prescriptions” to needy Solano County residents. Yocha Dehe also helped create the Vallejo First 5 Center, funding its operations and programs for families in crisis. All services and programs are free to participants. This Center has served 2,063 families and 7,915 individuals in Solano County since 2018 alone, free of cost. The Patwin people continue to steward their ancestral lands and care for the people who live there, Native and non-Native alike. That deep connection should be honored and protected; instead, the Department of the Interior is undermining it.