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JANUARY 30, 2001

The National Park Service on Friday issued the final legislative environmental impact statement (LEIS) on establishing a homeland for the Timbisha-Shoshone Tribe of California.

The tribe has been without a tribal land base since 1933, when President Herbert Hoover declared their aboriginal territory the Death Valley National Park. The tribe was federally recognized in 1983 but currently only has 40 acres of land in Furnace Creek in California's Death Valley.

In November, President Bill Clinton signed the Timbisha-Shoshone Homeland Act into law. The Act establishes the homeland for the tribe as identified by the LEIS.

The LEIS identifies a preferred alternative which would transfer about 7,500 acres of federal land in the park to the tribe. Additional parcels of land in California and Nevada would also be sought for the tribe.

Get the LEIS:
Final Legislative Environmental ImpactStatement: Timbisha Shoshone Homeland (NPS January 2001)

Get the Timbisha Act:
A bill to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land base within its aboriginal homeland, and forother purposes. (PL 106-423)

Relevant Links;
Death Valley National Park - www.nps.gov/deva/

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Senate passes Timbisha-Shoshone bill (Tribal Law 7/21)