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Rest in Power
Tom Little Bear Nason
"He took his final breath wrapped safely in the loving arms of his devoted wife, resting directly upon the sacred, ancestral land that nourished his roots and shaped his life.”
#Esselen #MontereyCounty #IndigenousPeople #MontereyCountyNow
About the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County: “Its efforts extend beyond the Esselen Tribe to encompass the protection and preservation of the Esselen, Rumsen, Chalone, Sureño, Chunch, and Guatcharrone peoples. This includes, but is not limited, the villages of Achasta, Chalon, Echilat, Ensen, Excelen, Esslenajan, Ixchenta, Jojopan, Kuchun, Pachepas, Sargenta-Ruc, Soccoronda and Tucutnut, all located within the sacred pre-historic and historic tribal of Monterey County, California.” https://www.esselentribe.org/copy-of-about-us
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"How do you begin to quantify what is owed to Black Americans descended from enslaved people, or to #Indigenous Americans?...the #Esselen Tribe of Monterey County has acquired at least 3,206 acres of land, alone or in a partnership, since 2020. They’ve also entered into comanagement agreements on more acreage.
"The latest chapter is the 1,760-acre Tularcitos Creek property in Carmel Valley, which on July 18 was sold from The Wildlands Conservancy to the nonprofit tribal entity, and is the subject of a news story in the current issue of the Monterey County Weekly.”— Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow #LandBack #MontereyCounty https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/spurred-by-state-funds-the-land-back-movement-is-alive-and-well/article_6b6d1ca7-d5a5-4e93-8624-cb1114582e3c.html