The Trinidad Rancheria and California State Parks signed an agreement this week that allows tribal members to access and gather on their ancestral lands and.
California State Parks and the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria (Trinidad Rancheria) signed a historic 5-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the tribe and State Parks on
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:18 PM click to enlarge Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters California Attorney General Xavier Bacerra
Four local tribes have announced they are vigorously supporting an effort by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to extend third-party monitoring and other provisions of a 2018 court ruling that found the Humboldt County Sheriff s Office and Department of Health and Human Services were not in compliance with the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
In a joint press release, the tribes pushed back strongly against the county s statement late last month that Becerra s request to continue third-party monitoring of its agencies reflected the state s de
Press release from the Yurok Tribe:
Today,
the Yurok Tribe, Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, the
Wiyot Tribe and the Trinidad Rancheria announced their support of the
California Attorney General’s effort to pursue a court order
requiring the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services
Child Welfare Services Division and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s
Office to fully and transparently implement the terms of a 2018 court
ruling regarding the agencies’ mismanagement of child abuse and
neglect cases.
California
Attorney General Xavier Becerra recently took a first step toward
extending the conditions in the Court-ordered Judgment against the