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Tataviam Land Conservancy

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Tataviam Land Conservancy, founded by the Fernandeño Tataviam Band in 2018, received a donation of more than 500 acres in January 2024.

Kind
Tribally governed land conservancy (501(c)(3))
Native-led
tribal-government
Works with
Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Region
California; CA
Focus
Land rematriation for the Fernandeno Tataviam in northern Los Angeles County; 550+ acres rematriated; native nursery
Registry
EIN 83-1446244 (ProPublica: Tataviam Land Conservancy, San Fernando CA, 501(c)(3))

What happened

The Tataviam Land Conservancy (TLC) says it was formally established in 2018, as a vision it traces to 1797. It describes itself as a Tribally-operated nonprofit whose mission is to restore the unceded ancestral homelands of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians through protective land management, traditional ecological knowledge, and cultural and educational programs. Its home page says it is the first tribally operated land conservancy in Los Angeles. The Conservancy says it is governed by a Native-majority board and overseen by the Band. Its team page lists Luis Cervantes as Executive Director.

Its main result is a land gift. In a January 8, 2024 announcement, the Band said Land Veritas donated more than 500 acres of ancestral land in northern Los Angeles County to the Conservancy. The release calls it the first-ever land donation to the Conservancy and the first time in more than a century that the Tribe regains ownership of part of its original territory. Land Veritas president Tracey Brownfield is quoted calling the Tribe the best steward of the land. The Conservancy says it will explore a permanent conservation easement. A later project page refers to stewarding "its 550 acres" with a tribal conservation corps.

ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer lists Tataviam Land Conservancy of San Fernando, California, as a 501(c)(3), exemption issued July 2019.

Good to know. The Conservancy's pages do not describe the Fernandeño Tataviam Band as federally recognized. The donated land is given as "more than 500" acres in the announcement and 550 acres elsewhere.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

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  1. The Tataviam Land Conservancy is a Tribally-operated nonprofit organizationTribally Founded - Tataviam Land Conservancy
  2. Luis Cervantes Executive DirectorTeam - Tataviam Land Conservancy
  3. the donation of more than 500 acres of historic ancestral land to the Tataviam Land ConservancyLand Donation Marks Historic Return of Ancestral Territory
  4. To steward its 550 acres, TLC has cultivated and overseen many workforce partnershipsWorkforce Development - Tataviam Land Conservancy
  5. San Fernando, CA Tax exemption issued: July 2019 EIN: 83-1446244ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Tataviam Land Conservancy

Research notes. The donation announcement is the Band's and Conservancy's own; acreage is given as 'more than 500' in the release and 550 elsewhere on the site. The Band is not described here as a federally recognized government. The donate form's payee was not shown on the page; confirm at checkout.

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2026-10-17: ProPublica hit (San Fernando CA). Site says founded by and overseen by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians; footer reads FTBMI Entity. Donate form is on tataviam.land (card form, project choices); payee name not shown on page, confirm at checkout. Tribe has a separate government site (tataviam-nsn.us). Source: https://www.tataviam.land/ ("The Tataviam Land Conservancy is governed by a Native-Majority board and overseen by the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.")
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