Wednesday Top of the Scroll: Shasta tribe will reclaim land long buried by a reservoir on the Klamath River
As work proceeds to remove four dams along the Klamath River, more than the salmon runs will be restored: The lands long buried by the now-drained reservoirs will be reclaimed by the people who were robbed of them more than 100 years ago. The Shasta Indian Nation will celebrate Tuesday as California Gov. Gavin Newsom returns about 2,800 acres of the tribe’s most sacred and culturally important lands that were drowned by the Copco I dam in the early 20th century. The date also marks the fifth anniversary of a historic apology made to California tribes by Newsom. It’s the latest chapter in the nation’s largest-ever dam removal.Related articles:
- Sacramento Bee: California to return 2,800 acres of ancestral land to Shasta nation, Newsom’s office says
- AP News: US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
- The New York Times: In a first, federal government acknowledges harms of dams on Native American communities
- High Country News: Audio: Undoing the dams
- Bloomberg Law: Tribe loses bid for Lake Havasu, Colorado River land accounting