The Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation was given back its territory bordering Yosemite National Park, a move that some activists hope is a milestone in their goal of obtaining large swathes of land that belong to Native Americans.

The 900 acres of land, roughly 1.4 square miles, were returned to the tribe by the nonprofit organization Pacific Forest Trust, which was able to transfer the territory through a grant from California’s Natural Resources Agency Tribal Nature-Based Solutions program. The land does not include any territory within Yosemite and is dwarfed by the 1,169-square-mile park.