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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/washoe-tribal-land-return-california
Buying back your land largely with government money is just *chef's kiss*
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
*cheifs?
RexRexroththe1st
2.43 billion acres to go.
Bundalicious
Should build a fortified compound armed to the teeth. Krasnov will attempt to get it back if it has ANY value.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Great news for the local tribe where I live! It's a nice location. As an indigenous person, it is always great to hear tribal lands being returned, it's rare, but happens.
uplookdont
If you have to buy it it wasn't returned
DontStressBeAny1
USA year 2200 native tribes own most of the land and charge the government rent and mineral extraction taxes.
HeywouldJablowme
Shhhh. Don't let Trump hear about this. I guarantee if he does he'll try to steal the land back.
Level21Magikarp
They were relocated in 1848, was bugging me.
TheOGPooner
Why does it look so little???
Apeofdeath
I love this
ChuckTenor
Having or getting to buy it back doesn't really seem to fit the spirit of "land return"
TalkingSnake
This is what billionaires should do.
It wouldn’t distract us from the Epstein files but the cunts could at least try to do nice shit too.
LDRcycles
Barely a day goes by I don't think about the transformative amount of good I could do with even 1 billion, let alone tens of billions. That so many billionaires do nothing but harm with their hoarded gold makes it all the worse.
DukePhelan
Remember when the UN told Elon after he asked for a clear plan he could end world hunger for the equivalency of pocket change and he didn't do it?
Yeah these aren't good people, in fact their complete lack of empathy makes them almost a sperate species from the rest of mankind.
urusername2
This is just a tiny act, that doesn't wash away enough of the stains on the nation's honor to be noticeable!
DJThuglifeSupreme
film888master9
Let’s gooooo!
idownvoteplottwist
10000 acres = 15.6 square miles which could be something like a 4 mile by 4 mile square. Fucking acres, worthless unit
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
Maybe it's just me, but the description of the location is really confusing. They only mention the land as being in California - no mention at all of any of it being in Nevada. The border between the states in that area is due north/south. How is the land "20 miles north of Reno, Nevada"? (Note that Reno is about 20 miles east of the border.) Say it's northwest of Reno. Or better yet, just that it's near Reno (as the largest city nearby.) Or if the land extends into Nevada, say that.
AntaNce
They could have said east of Loyalton, CA. Because that's quite literally where the land lies.
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
Reno is the nearest big city, so they're using that as the landmark to describe the location. It is confusing.
isetprettygirlsonfire
It's in CA, the tribe's traditional lands are in CA and NV (like lake tahoe). Today most of the tribe lives in Reno colony or near gardnerville on the reservation lands. Reno is the nearest city, but, yes it is more NW than north. It is confusing, even to this local.
Meltemi
It's not in Nevada. This article has a map which should be a bit more helpful, and I'll also try to embed it. It's "north of Reno" in the same sense Alaska is north of Florida, which is as you say, a rather odd way of wording the matter; it's somewhere between NW and WNW.
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/02/11/tribe-buys-10000-acres-north-of-lake-tahoe-from-city-of-santa-clara-in-historic-land-deal/
TurnsOut42WasASlightMiscalculation
I snorted at "Alaska is north of Florida"
2fligh2high
Let’s hope nature will benefit from it.
MrStealUrMeme
I have more faith in tribes owning the land, than the government.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Not "the" government. "Our" government. The tribes have a government themselves fundamentally different from ours. One crucial aspect of it is that they government themselves collectively. They are as much a part of their government's function as their government is a part of their society's, as opposed to our system where the government is an entity above us that we grant authority to dictate our society.
painterofdark
Rubbing salt into the wound when you have to buy back what was stolen. More like extorsion than buy-back.
Kerbal247
While you're not wrong at all. The silver lining is that they are buying the land back with a significant amount of money provided by the government.
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Kerbal247
Initially, nothing. It is private land held by an entity or person (the tribe). A tribe can apply to have the land converted to federal trust land, which is different from reservation land, but not taxable under the same rules as private land.
Live2Laugh3
Is it really a "return" if they had to pay for it?
Frederf
Think of it like getting your car towed
Live2Laugh3
Except its more like the car was towed from their garage for your analogy
Shaows
Getting money from the government to buy your property back from the government
BoxZ
That's just free with more greedy steps
MissIWasntItching
Government money laundering, but at least the tribe benefits.
Really, it's just federal paying state. I'm okay with that.
schmonday
Orphan Crushing Machine does it again!
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SirEelstuf
From the ranch owner, right?
Meltemi
Owned by the city of Santa Clara, who purchased it from the private ranch owner back in 1977 and never changed the name.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/tribe-land-sierra-21347538.php
Weavedaddy
I kinda hate they had to 'buy' it and not have it simply returned, but since our country only understands money, funded via grant and purchased should hopefully better protect our from being stolen again.
I'm glad to see their land back in their possession!
kotukunui
At least having bought it they have documentation that they own it. Last go-around, it seems that “we’ve always been here” wasn’t sufficient. The government stealing it (again) is now less likely.
FaeVikingPrincess
The US has routinely broken treaties with various indigenous tribes. I wouldn't put it past the Republicans trying their damnest to stop this.
Weavedaddy
Almost guaranteed they will :(
crackajackin
Hell yeah looks like a great place for a casino
TheRealArclight
yeah just like your pedo buddy trump who bankrupts 2 of them...
rshini
Fuck off and die racist cow
dohcohv
It's on the border with Nevada....there are already casinos nearby.
crackajackin
Damn that's true. That one casino in Vegas is already there. No need for a second
kc2syk
Clearly you've never been to Reno.
rshini
Stop arguing with a racist, that guy was making a racist joke