Oregon Tribes Fight To Win Back Public Lands

The Klamath and other native American indian Tribes hopes to reclaim 700,000 acres in southern Oregon. They say they'll restore damaged areas.

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November 9, 2000, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"At issue are nearly 700,000 acres of former reservation land - native-American territory lost to broken treaties and a federal policy of "termination," the unilateral disbanding of tribes in order to force assimilation. The Klamath, the Modoc, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians, collectively known as the Klamath Tribes, have formally begun what will undoubtedly be a long political process of trying to get back the land."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Tribes fight to win vast public lands back

Wednesday, November 8, 2000 in The Christian Science Monitor

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