‘This is all stolen land’: Native Americans want more than California’s apology
Indigenous people hope governor’s words to lead to action on land and water rights, education, justice and more
California’s governor made history this week when he formally apologized to Native Americans, acknowledging the brutal genocide and “war of extermination” declared by the state’s first governor in 1851.
While indigenous people across California welcomed the long overdue statement, many had a similar response: now what?
The only compensation for land is land
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