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"More than six decades after a 1,705-acre patchwork of meadows, wetlands and
timberland in southern Oregon was taken from the Klamath Tribes, the Native
American community has found its way back to the territory – by way of the real
estate market.
Over the summer, the tribes discovered the land was up for sale, so as part of
their large-scale effort to reacquire territory that was historically theirs,
they prepared an offer. Although another buyer nearly swooped in, the tribes’
purchase more than doubles their current holdings, and extends their territory
to the base of Yamsay Mountain, an important site for prayer and spiritual
journeys for the community.
Willa Powless, Klamath Tribes’ council member at large, said it was major step
toward piecing together a “broken heart”.
“Our people are born with a spiritual connection to the land that we all feel
and we all know and our elders teach us about,” she said. Getting back that
“big of a piece of land, especially undeveloped land, is really powerful. And
it’s probably one of the most healing processes we’ve gone through in a long
time.”
The Klamath purchase is just the latest example of tribes across the US buying
back land lost during and after the colonization period on the open market."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "good they are doing it, sad that they need to…"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
