Shasta Indian Nation to get homeland back in largest land return in California history

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LATimes

Gov. Gavin Newsom has set in motion the largest land return in California history, declaring his support for the return of ancestral lands to the Shasta Indian Nation that were seized a century ago and submerged.

The 2,800 acres in Siskiyou County are part of the Klamath River dam removal project, which will rehabilitate more than 300 miles of salmon habitat.

“This is a down payment on the state’s commitment to do better by the Native American communities who have called this land home since time immemorial,” Newsom said in a statement. The governor’s announcement Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of California’s official apology to its Native American peoples for the state’s historical wrongdoings.

Returning the land allows the Shasta Indian Nation to complete the Shasta Heritage Trail, an educational pathway whose design incorporates Native art along with informational placards that share the history of the Kíkacéki, Crowe said in a statement.

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1. Excellent news! It's a great start!

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2. how the blue do it.

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3. Fucking Awesome!!

Now do some more.

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4. Those Christofacists there are not liking it

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7. Yup. That area is super right wing (except for the Native Americans).

The Republicans in that area have been wanting to secede from California and create a new state called Jefferson. 🙄

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11. Other than right wing Republicans live in the Klamath River drainage

A surprising number of Native Americans locally are MAGA, GOP, and similar. Some NA stick to Tribal elections.

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8. Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to send a letter of support.

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5. It's a good down payment

Thank you!

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6. So, the land was taken by the government of Cal and not the US?

Thus giving it the power to return it? Amazingly wonderful.

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9. Taken for the dam which is being removed.

But in 1911, the land was taken from tribal members by eminent domain on behalf of the companies that would construct Copco No. 1 Dam, forcing members to relocate.

Now, more than 100 years later, with the removal of Copco and other dams, the land has reemerged, and tribal members remain eager for its return.

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10. Thank you.

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12. This is cheering news