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“We are trying to recover from colonization,” said Amy Bowers Cordalis, a lawyer for the tribe and executive director of the Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

The agreements offer an example of how government agencies should work with Native leaders to restore ecosystems, said Daniel Cordalis, co-principal of Ridges to Riffles, an Indigenous conservation group.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

They got their suits from the dock house where they kept them, and soon were in their boat rowing for the swimming hole, just below the Riffles.

From The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Chapman, Allen

They tied their boat in a secluded place about a mile above the Riffles and then struck off through the woods.

From The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin by Chapman, Allen

Near the Riffles, which were a series of shallow places in the stream, was the swimming hole and a little further up was a good place to fish.

From Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods by Chapman, Allen