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Region briefs: Clear Lake tribes win a co-management pact, the cardroom war heads to appeal, and the fine print leaves unrecognized tribes out
Seven Pomo and Lake Miwok tribes signed California’s first watershed co-management agreement under a 2024 law. A second cultural burn agreement is coming. And the fight between gaming tribes and cardrooms, including…
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Explainer: Interior now lets denied tribes try again. Here’s how the re-petition door works, and when it closes.
For a decade, a “no” from the Office of Federal Acknowledgment was permanent. A 2025 rule changed that. Tribes denied before 2025, including the Muwekma Ohlone, have until Feb. 14, 2030 to…
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The courts are closed. Can Congress recognize a tribe? Chinook, Lumbee and a stalled California bill show the path
The Supreme Court turned away the Chinook Indian Nation in March, and the tribe is now drafting a restoration bill. The Lumbee won recognition through Congress in December and are moving through…
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Shutdown clock resets to Dec. 11. What the stopgap means for Indian health, the BIA, and tribes Washington won’t recognize
A continuing resolution signed Sept. 2 keeps the federal government open through Dec. 11. Indian Health Service clinics are shielded by advance funding, but construction, sanitation and the diabetes program face deadlines.…
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Vallejo casino stays dark as a judge backs Interior, and the record points to Ohlone shores
Interior ruled July 30 that the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has no “significant historical connection” to its Vallejo parcel, and on Sept. 30 a federal judge refused to let the…
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Pelosi’s seat is up for grabs. Neither Wiener nor Chan has said a word about the Ohlone.
San Francisco will elect its first new member of Congress since 1987 on Nov. 3. Both Scott Wiener and Connie Chan defended the Presidio Trust when Trump fired its board. Neither has…
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“Sixteen years to fight for this land”: An Ohlone nation gets 84 acres back near Monterey
The Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation now owns 84 acres off Highway 68, returned by Big Sur Land Trust with state money after a 16-year campaign. In Oakland, Ohlone stories are moving onto a puppet…
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In Los Gatos, the Muwekma tell their own story, from the Trail of Truth to the return of cultural fire
Two exhibitions at New Museum Los Gatos, built with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and San José State anthropologists, follow the Tribe’s horseback Trail of Truth to Washington and its work to bring…
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Trump’s new Presidio board has a plan for housing and a power grid. The Ohlone aren’t in it.
Five months after the White House replaced the Presidio Trust board, its new leaders have set their priorities: 196 apartments and a modernized power grid. The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s 2025 request to…
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Santa Clara goes on record: Recognize the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
Santa Clara’s City Council voted 6-0, with one abstention, to urge Congress, the White House and Interior to restore federal recognition to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. The city joins Union City and…
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A California mission tribe clears Phase I at Interior. Its “previous recognition” claim is still unproven.
The Office of Federal Acknowledgment has issued a positive Phase I proposed finding for the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians of the San Fernando Valley. It is real progress for a…
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Newsom signs an apology to California Indians, then vetoes three bills they fought for
On Sept. 25 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed ten tribal bills, including a formal state apology, a Native American Day holiday and a permanent Office of Tribal Affairs. Within days he vetoed bills…
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Amah Mutsun Tribal Band files petition for federal recognition
The Interior Department is taking public comment on a federal acknowledgment petition from the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of the Mission San Juan Bautista, one of two rival Amah Mutsun governments. The…
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