The “Land Back” movement has led to a series of land transfers and growing calls for Indigenous governance over ancestral territories
… [T]he Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California … recently purchased significant portions of ancestral land in the Sierra region. … The purchase was made possible through a conservation partnership model, increasingly common for tribal land returns in California. Over several years, the Feather River Land Trust (FRLT) worked with the Washoe Tribe to incorporate their perspectives into land management and interpretive programming. … Alongside reclaiming the ability to carry out traditional practices, the tribe plans to manage the land with conservation as its guiding principle, protecting habitats for pronghorn, mule deer, gray wolves, natural springs, and vital water sources.
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