The Tongva's land burned in Eaton fire. But leaders say traditional practices mitigated damage

"We do believe that the work that we did to remove the invasive and dangerous species on the property very likely mitigated the damage, and made it much more possible for the native plants there to be able to recover and not have suffered as much."

"Without federal recognition or a reservation, they have sought through the 'Land Back' movement to have available land returned to them."

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