The Tongva tribe, a Native American people, said the site of singer Billie Eilish's Los Angeles (LA) mansion is their ancestral land and noted that when celebrities mention the narrative of "stolen land," they should specify a particular tribe, the New York Post and others reported on the 3rd (local time).
According to the reports, the Tongva said they confirmed that Eilish's LA dwellings, worth about $3 million (about 4.3 billion won), sit on Tongva ancestral land.
On Feb. 2 at the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena, Eilish, after winning song of the year, criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in her acceptance speech and said, "No one can be an illegal immigrant on this stolen land (of Indigenous people)."
A Tongva Spokesperson told the Daily Mail, "Eilish has not directly contacted the tribe regarding the property," but added, "We value the way celebrities contribute to informing people about the historical context of the United States." The Spokesperson added, "In future discussions, we hope the tribe is explicitly named so the public understands that the LA basin is Tongva territory."
Meanwhile, after Eilish's acceptance speech, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Mike Lee (Republican, Utah), among others, posted on X (formerly Twitter) criticizing her along the lines of, "Then shouldn't you give up the mansion?"