Tribe buys 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe from city of Santa Clara in historic land deal

The sale of Loyalton Ranch comes 175 years after the Washoe people were forced from lands during the Gold Rush.

Tribe reclaims acres near Lake Tahoe in region’s largest return to Native Americans ever

Some of that unsavory history was undone on Wednesday.
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Decades Later, 10,000 Acres Return to Washoe Stewardship in Historic Land Transfer

The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California has reclaimed more than 10,000 acres of ancestral land near Lake Tahoe.