California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Posted: January 23th, 2012 20:38pm
Tribal Administrator, Russ Crabtree, attended several CEQA meetings throughout October and the following was his response to the process.
The Tolowa Dee-ni’ are the original inhabitants of the coastline of Del Norte County. The Tolowa have lived in the area stretching from Wilson Creek in California to the South, the Sixes River in Oregon to the North, to the watershed on the Coast Range to the East, and to Point Saint George to the West since ancient times. Ethnographic and archaeological accounts document thousands of years of coastal fishing, sea mammal hunting, and harvesting within the Tolowa ancestral territories, including the fish camps as Dat Naa-svt and 8,000 years of occupation from Hiouchi, following the main course of the Smith River. Read more
Lht’vsr-me’
Posted: January 22th, 2012 20:11pm
The name of the village in this painting is Lht’vsr-me’. Lht’vsr-me’ means “Sand-In-There”. The English name of this village is Cushing Creek.
Lht’vsr-me’ village was located south of Taa-’at-dvn (Crescent-City) along the flat sandy coast at the north end the palisades running south toward Wilson Creek cove.
This painting nicely illustrates the gable roof lines of the Dee-ni’ home and the traditional round doors. Round doors honored the door ways of the great Pileated Woodpecker. Read more
Rancheria Supports Community
Posted: January 9th, 2012 21:43pm
On November 22, 2011, the Tribal Council presented Rural Human Services with a check for $1,000 for Santa’s Workshop. Tribal Council pictured from left to right: Loren Me’-lash-ne Bommelyn, Marian Lopez, Denise Padgette, Kara Miller, Joel Bravo, Joseph Giovannetti, and Lenora Hall. View the 2011 donation report here http://www.tolowa-nsn.gov/
Border Coast Regional Airport Authority Signing Ceremony
Posted: January 9th, 2012 20:56pm
Assembly Bill 798 amends Section 6529 of the California Government Code to designate the Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council a “public agency” for the purpose of entering into the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority and other joint powers agreements (JPA) with Crescent City and Del Norte County that “assist, facilitate, develop or enhance sewer, storm water, drinking water or transportation services.” On January 6th, at 1:00 pm, the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority held a signing ceremony at the Tolowa Event Center for the Smith River Rancheria with Kara Miller being added as a commissioner.
