tule

[too-lee, too-le]

noun

plural

tules 

1. either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tule¹

1830–40, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl tōlin

Example Sentences

In the scrub-brush foothills between the long flat fields of the San Joaquin Valley and the mighty peaks and Sequoia forests of the Sierra Nevada, state leaders and elders from the Tule River Indian Tribe gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to Tule River Indian tribe.

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They sit just south of the 55,000-acre Tule River reservation and abut the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

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The Tule River acquisition restores some of the tribe’s sacred homeland, and will enable a host of conservation projects, including protecting the Deer Creek watershed, protecting habitat for California condors and reintroducing tule elk.

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The tribe last year worked with state officials to reintroduce beavers to the south fork of the Tule River.

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“This land return demonstrates the very essence of tribal land restoration, which expands access to essential food and medicinal resources,” said Lester R. Nieto Jr. “Shine”, Chairman, Tule River Tribal Council in a statement.

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