Singer Billie Eilish's Grammy Awards comments Sunday night sparked a response from the Tongva tribe after she declared "no one is illegal on stolen land."

According to a representative of the Tongva people, Eilish's reported $3 million (£2.1 million) family home located within the Highland Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles, is on land originally belonging to the tribe.

A brief political remark from the Grammy stage has triggered a wave of backlash for pop star Billie Eilish, with

The Tongva tribe says the singer’s “stolen land” rhetoric lacked direct acknowledgment. The Native American tribe whose ancestral territory includes the land beneath Billie Eilish’s multimillion-dollar Los Angeles mansion says celebrities should be more precise if they want to invoke Indigenous history for moral statements.

Musical artist Billie Eilish's political Grammy Awards statement is being put to the test by a Native American tribe.

Singer Billie Eilish faced criticism after declaring "no one is illegal on stolen land" and "f--- ICE" during an acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards Sunday.