Leah Titla of San Ildefonso Pueblo, an educational assistant at Kha’p’o Community School in Santa Clara Pueblo, works with Kaa Tafoya, 11, in her sixth grade class Tuesday.

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band wants Santa Clara County to deny permits for a sand and gravel mining project near Gilroy, at the Sargent Ranch Quarry, also known as Juristac.