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Land donations add to tribal land holdings

The family of private land-owners just donated a valuable piece of land in California to the state-recognized Gabrielino Tongva tribe. It will be a place of ceremonial gatherings and conservation.

Another California tribe, the Esselen, also regained ownership of more than 1,000 acres of land for conservation. Land donations by both private individuals and government entities are putting pieces of ancestral land back into tribal hands.

Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks more about the importance of donations toward restoring culturally-important land.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation: Transfers of Federal Land to Tribal Governments

Guests on Native America Calling

Cris Stainbrook (Lakota), president of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Hillary Renick (enrolled member of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians and descendant of the Hopland Shanel, Noyo River, and Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone communities), co-founder of the California Indian Land Institute

David Weeden (Wampanoag), tribal council member and tribal historic preservation officer for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, chairman of the Mashpee Board of Selectmen, and a Cape Cod Commission member