I implore you, @countingstatelines, to read the articles that I linked in my response that address your exact question.
This article has a ton of awesome info.
If you won’t click through, I’ll paste the case studies here.
Below are several examples of current or recent land return efforts. This includes organized fundraisers for land return, as well as individuals who have returned land to Native communities.
Land returns
• Mashpee Wampanoag (Cape Cod) — Native Land Conservancy was founded in 2012 in Mashpee, Massachusetts, and is the first Native-run land conservation group east of the Mississippi, and this story about the first parcel of land donated to the Native Land Conservancy by an individual
• Maidu (Sacramento) — Land Stewardship Council returns ancestral California land
• Ponca (Nebraska) — Nebraska farmer signed a deed returning ancestral tribal land back to the Ponca Tribe
• Wabanaki (Maine) — First Light Learning Journey A collaboration of 25 non-Native conservationists controlling 2 million acres in Maine, and Wabanaki tribal members to build towards collective awareness of Native land left and move towards land resourcing sharing with Wabanaki people. Notes on process here.
Land taxes, cash & other returns
• Individual transfers $250K to Ute Tribe in Utah for stolen land Professor paying reparations for great-grandfathers’ profiteering
• Sogorea Te Land Tax: land tax in Bay Area, traditional Ohlone land, for non Indigenous people to pay into the Shuumi Land tax to acknowledge the history of colonization, land theft and the Ohlone community.
• Non-Profit Making a Land Return towards Sogorea Te Land Trust
• Duwamish Real Rent: Land tax in Seattle area
• FEDCO seeds – indigenous royalty
• There are currently many Indigenous-led, land-based anti-pipeline camps seeking on the ground support, supplies and legal support, such as The L’eau Est La Vie Camp.
Legal Reference Resource:
This guide covers different land transfer mechanisms, including full value sale, charitable (bargain) sale, full donation, donation of a remainder interest, revocable transfer on death, donation by bequest, and sale or donation of easement.
Sustainable Economies Law Center’s resource on different ways to transfer land
Legal Note: While Sustainable Economies Law Center made every effort to reference and confirm the information in this guide, tax and real estate law are complex areas of law that change frequently and vary depending on context. As a result, you should not rely on this guide as a substitute for legal advice from a lawyer familiar with your particular circumstances.
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