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Arkansas Attorney General Examines Whites-Only Ozarks Settlement

State Attorney General Tim Griffin condemned the community’s racial exclusions, opening a probe into its membership structure under fair-housing laws.

Return to the Land group chats reportedly have plenty of Nazi references
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Overview

  • Return to the Land restricts residency to those of European ancestry and bars non-Christian religions and LGBTQ+ individuals from joining.
  • The group employs a Private Members Association and LLC share model to secure its 160-acre property, asserting it sidesteps anti-discrimination statutes.
  • Members’ encrypted chats have featured white supremacist and Nazi symbolism, including coded references like “1488.”
  • About 40 people currently live on-site and hundreds more have applied, with founders planning additional off-grid settlements elsewhere.
  • No formal lawsuits have been filed yet, but legal experts predict imminent court challenges over potential breaches of the Fair Housing Act and state civil rights laws.