A recent report by a Native American-led nonprofit sheds light on the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. The report also highlights the more than $546 million the state has gained from mineral extraction on these lands.
The report identifies 10 tribal nations with aboriginal, congressional, and treaty title to lands in Colorado. It details how the land was taken, often in violation of treaty rights or without proper title for transfer.
