Group’s effort to build white ethnostate forms part of a wider US movement inspired by white supremacy

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A uthor: Paul J. Becker , University of Dayton

In October 2023, a group calling itself Return to the Land established its first “ Whites only community ” in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas . They followed that with a second enclave nearby in 2025.

The group, which describes itself as a “ private membership association ” that helps groups form “European heritage communities,” plans to build four more sites , including another location in the Ozarks and two in Appalachia.

Return to the Land believes that by calling themselves a private membership association they can create a white ethnostate – a type of state in which residence is limited to white people – an