The Yurok Tribe, California's largest federally recognized tribal nation, was given 73 square miles of land -- or 47,097 acres -- along the eastern side of the lower Klamath River on Thursday. The land exchange is being called the argest single “land back” deal in California history.

Roughly 73 square miles of ancestral homelands once belonging to California’s Yurok Tribe have been returned to them

After more than two decades and millions of dollars, the Yurok Tribe today has regained control of its ancestral lands.