Carrie Dann, Defender of Her Ancestral Land, Dies
Carrie Dann, Defender of Her Ancestral Land, Dies She struggled to win recognition of tribal rights to a territory stretching across four states. Some tribe members accepted money to end the dispute; she refused. Carrie Dann in 2002 on the family ranch she owned with her sister, Mary Dann, near Crescent Valley, Nev.Credit...Laura Rauch/Associated Press By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 Carrie Dann, who spent decades fighting the United States government to reclaim the ancestral land of the Western Shoshone Nation, died on Jan. 1 at her home in Crescent Valley, Nev. Julie Cavanaugh-Bill, a...
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