Help Put Land and true self-sufficiency Back in Native Hands.
support the Be•le Bo•m Land Back Initiative & Acornomics
We are proud to share that the Be•le Bo•m Land Back Initiative has successfully secured two culturally and historically significant properties, including 4.5-acres on 299E and 1,209-acres (former ranch)—returning these lands to Native stewardship. These sites will serve as two campuses for Acornomics—our Indigenous regenerative economic framework—and as places for community gathering and learning, land restoration, traditional food and fiber gathering, cultural practice, and wildlife protection.
But our work doesn’t stop here. To honor this victory and ensure its long-term success, we are calling on our community of supporters to:
Reinvest in the PNLL Fund that made this land return possible, so that other Indigenous and reciprocal care communities can also reclaim and/or protect their lands.
Support the operations of Əl Kulus and Wenem To•s, our organizational homes, so we can continue to build programs rooted in Indigenous-led knowledge, care, and community.
Invest in financial sustainability projects that will allow us to steward this land and our initiatives for generations to come, moving toward true self-sufficiency.
Be•le Bo•m—the Wintu phrase meaning “Forever will it be/remain”—is our guiding vision: a commitment to strength, renewal, and Indigenous-led pathways for a just and vibrant future.
Together, we can ensure that these land returns are not only celebrated, but sustained for generations.
Acornomics: A (K)New Ecosystem for Life
Rooted in the lands of Wintu and Yana territories in Bella Vista, Shasta County, Native Roots Network is engaged in a transformative journey to build a more resilient community. The land we secured lies within a rural, predominately poor area that is facing ever-increasing threats of extreme heat, catastrophic wildfires, and dangerous reactionary political unrest that all test the vulnerability and limited resilience of our social fabric. Our efforts to reweave the social fabric and build community are more important than ever. We know that Indigenous values of collective action, multi-generational movement building and earth based cultures provide pathways for the entire community to become more just and vibrant.
This is about more than just land—it is a place to build out the vision. The 4.5-acre land is being developed to be a primary community center during blue skies and a community resilience center during natural disasters. The 1,209-acre former ranch parcel is a place that still holds undisturbed cultural sites, space for housing, ecosystems for traditional food sovereignty, land restoration, and the nurturing of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (T.E.K.). Both form living, breathing places where the principles of Indigenous stewardship and regenerative enterprise can be expressed.