A one-acre property tucked within a canopy of oak trees and shrubs in Altadena has been transferred to Los Angeles' first people.
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“It’s a beautiful place,” said Wallace Cleaves, a member of the Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians and president of the conservancy. “Another community member described it as ‘a green cathedral, a church made out of oak leaves.’” Even with the permission of local governments or academic institutions to enter its sacred sites, the community faced restrictions on the size of gatheringsKimberly Morales Johnson, vice president of the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, walks on the donated land Friday in Altadena.
Reclaiming ancestral land is rare for any Native American Nation, tribe or band. People including the Tongva who were tied to California’s old Spanish missions lack federal tribal status, which presents an additional challenge, said Angela Mooney D’Arcy, who heads Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, a grassroots group led by native people in California.
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