Last year, Oakland returned 5 acres of Joaquin Miller Park to the Sogorea Te’ land trust and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, marking the first time a Bay Area city has given land back to Native Americans.

Despite no significant opposition to this plan, the process took more than 5 years. So what does it actually take to give land back?

This episode originally aired on Nov. 28, 2022.

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