How the Washoe Tribe built a business to sustain a firewood bank that helps elders heat their homes

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By Kaleb Roedel, KUNRMay 20, 2025, 4:30 am133 pts
It’s a sun-splashed morning at the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California’s wood yard, a patch of land about the size of a football field, tucked in a valley about 20 miles east of Lake Tahoe’s south shore. Magpies, black-and-white birds with blue-tinted wings, land on stacks of lumber and dig for…

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