Native American Tribe Speaks Out After Billie Eilish’s ‘Stolen Land’ Comment in Grammy Awards Speech

Billie Eilish shared an impassioned message at this year’s Grammy Awards, and now people are calling for the singer to take action.

After the 24-year-old and her brother, Finneas, took home the award for Song of the Year for “Wildflower” on Sunday, February 1, Eilish turned her acceptance speech into a political statement.

“As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything, but no one is illegal on stolen land,” she said. “It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now. And I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter.”

She concluded her speech by saying “f**k ICE” amid ongoing controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

After Sunday’s ceremony, people online pointed out that the singer-songwriter’s multimillion-dollar home is allegedly sitting on land that belongs to the Tongva tribe, the indigenous people of the Los Angeles Basin.

Political commentator Eric Daugherty wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that Eilish could “graciously host illegal aliens in her mansion,” adding: “After all, she has the moral high ground. Put up or shut the F up.”

While some people praised Eilish for calling out United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another account wrote, “Billie Eilish calls America ‘stolen land.’ Ok, Billie. Your $14,000,000 mansion in LA is built where the Tongva tribes once lived. Any plans on returning it?”

In a statement to the Daily Mail on Monday, February 2, a spokesperson for the Tongva tribe said that her home does allegedly sit on its “ancestral land,” adding that they wanted to “provide clarity” regarding her comments.

“As the First People of the greater Los Angeles basin, we do understand that her home is situated in our ancestral land,” the spokesperson said. “Eilish has not contacted our tribe directly regarding her property, we do value the instance when Public Figures provide visibility to the true history of this country.”

“It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory,” the spokesperson added.