Land Back News

Land Back News

A repository of news and stories of Tribal Nations getting land back.

View fullsize #landback news From the article: “Why would we give up 80 per cent of our land to get 20?” said Gidansda (Guujaaw), the then president of the Council of the Haida Nation, to media at the time. “This case is about respect for the Ea
View fullsize Happy Earth Day! RER is excited to announce our 2024-2025 run team! We received a wonderful response in applications and are excited to field our fourth annual run team! We are thankful to our returning runners, some returning for their second or th
View fullsize #landback news From the press release: In a historic decision announced today, the U.S. Department of the Interior placed portions of the Shab-eh-nay Reservation land into trust for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, making it the only federally recogn
View fullsize #landback news From the press release: Friends of the Desert Mountains (Friends) with the help of the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy recently returned 417 acres of unceded land to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, a federally reco
View fullsize #landbacknews From the article: Orick, CA (March 19, 2024) — Today the Yurok Tribe, Save the Redwoods League, National Park Service and California State Parks signed a landmark memorandum of understanding, a historic first step toward transfe
View fullsize #landback news From the article: Nearly 20 years have passed since Elitta Gouge told tribal chair Kevin Jensvold that she wanted to seek return of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper Sioux Community. Gouge was serving as the tribe’s
View fullsize Thanks to @oyesaranda for another great piece about RER! Check the link in our bio to read the full story about how RER runner @beccajay.getuptraining used her #legsforlandback to #visitwithrespect on Ute lands and raise money and awareness about RER
View fullsize RER had an amazing time at our annual team gathering at the Colossal-Vail 50/50 on Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui lands in December! Our very own @oyesaranda wonderfully captures the race and everything that RER has going on in this article pu
View fullsize Ready. Set. Go! The 2024-2025 RER Run Team application is open! We look forward to learning about your running journey and why you want to use your #legsforlandback 💚🙌🏻 The application period will be open until March 31st, with plans to announce t
View fullsize #landback news From the article: The Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians (Tribe) announced today the donation of more than 500 acres of historic ancestral land to the Tataviam Land Conservancy, a nonprofit organization formed by the T
View fullsize #landback news From the article: A 40-acre piece of land on Clark Street Road in Aurelius has been acquired by the Cayuga Nation. The property is adjacent to and located just west of, the Finger Lakes Drive-In. On January 11, the Nation applied to
View fullsize RER is happy to be hosting an in person run for the 4th annual @rising_hearts Running On Native Land event! Meet at 8am on Sunday, March 3rd at the Bde Maka Ska Pavilion and join us for a fun run in community around the lake. Proceeds from the run wi
View fullsize RER is excited to unveil our 2023-2024 RER Run Team shirt! 😍🍓💚 We are thankful for @twin_bears_ink who created this beautiful and meaningful Haudenosaunee skydome design. About the design, Shana said that the strawberry skydome is something she&
View fullsize #landback news From the article: In a move described as a significant step toward reconciliation, the province and the Snuneymuxw First Nation have completed the first of three agreed-upon land transfers on Vancouver Island. Two hundred and twelve
View fullsize #landback news From the article: The land where the mounds stand is tucked away in the middle of a residential neighborhood. As Himanga navigates the lush vegetation covering the area, she is careful not to walk directly over the mounds themselves.
View fullsize Please join us in welcoming @coach.croft as the newest member of the RER board of directors! Coach Becky Croft represents the Cherokee and Yakama tribes. She lives in “Indian Country”, located near the end of the Trail of Tears in Tulsa,
View fullsize #landback news From the article: The Hoopa Valley Tribe announced they have acquired over 10,000 acres of land bordering the western boundary of the tribe's reservation. According to Tribal officials, the acquisition of the 10,395 acres, previously
View fullsize Today is RER’s third bEarthday! This year, in April, we welcomed our largest run team yet! 55 amazing Indigenous and ally runners across the so called US and Canada have joined RER to run with and for the land. In addition to our runners, a b