Ancestral Land Return of School Lands to Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe: A Case Study

Audience(s):  Tribes

Tribal Stewardship Policy Priorities: Ancestral Land Return; Navigating State Agencies

Objectives: This toolkit entry describes the return of nearly 40 acres of ancestral land to the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. This tool highlights an example of collaboration between the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), State Lands Commission, and Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe advancing tribal stewardship over ancestral lands.

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This toolkit entry was developed to support the implementation of California Natural Resources Agency’s Tribal Stewardship Policy and Toolkit. These tools are intended to increase the capacity of tribes, state agencies, and non-tribal entities to advance tribal stewardship, including tribal access, collaboration, and ancestral land return according to the CNRA Tribal Stewardship Policy. 

This toolkit entry includes a case study describing the process of returning School Lands to tribes, an associated webinar featuring State Lands Commission staff discussing the process, and links to additional resources related to this case study.

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