Washoe Tribe buys 10,000 acres in one of California’s largest ever land returns

Feb 13

Written By Northern Sierra Partnership

Dani Anguiano

Wed 11 Feb 2026 16.16 EST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/washoe-tribal-land-return-california

Northern Sierra Partnership

One of California’s largest ‘land-back’ deals hands huge area near Tahoe to tribe

Washoe Tribe returns over 10,000 acres of ancestral land back to its people