In February, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California bought over 10,000 acres of land from the city of Santa Clara. This is the first of many land purchases the tribe plans to make, and part of the broader land back movement, which is restoring Indigenous land and benefiting the environment.
"Part of colonization, it was to remove that tribal togetherness to where everybody would be individuals and not come back together as a tribe anymore," said Serrell Smokey, chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.
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