California plan would give $100m to Indigenous leaders to buy ancestral lands

A proposal would give $100m to California’s Indigenous nations to purchase and preserve their ancestral lands. Photograph: Max Forster/AP

Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed giving California’s Indigenous nations $100m so they can purchase and preserve their ancestral lands.

The proposal is part of his pledge to make sure nearly one-third of California’s land and coastal waters are preserved by 2030. But rather than have the government do all of that, Newsom said Indigenous leaders should have a say in what lands get preserved.