Homebuyers Education Course
Time: Friday, December 2 · 9:00am – 4:30pm
Location: Howonquet Hall Community Center 101 Indian Court Smith River, California
Description: Smith River Rancheria Tribal members are invited to attend a free hands-on Homebuyers Education Course given by Earl Brown.
If you are on the Homeowner waiting list, or Down Payment Assistance list you should take advantage of this free hands on
It is a required course prior to closing escrow.
Reservations are suggested. Please call Linda at 707-487-9255 x 3140 for more information
Resources
November 7, 2011 by kupton
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Links
These links are a resource for tribal members and visitors.
Tribal Casino
Resources
- California Native American Heritage Commission
- California Rural Indian Heath Board
- California Nations Indian Gaming Association
- California Indian Legal Services
- Southern California Indian Center
- Indian Tribes in California
- Survey of California Indian Languages
- A History of American Indians in California
- California Indian Artifact Gallery
- The Religion of the Indians of California
- California Native Plant Uses
- California Indian Baskets
- Variations on Native Californian Themes
- JOBS
- HUD
- NARF
- Smith River Rancheria Tribal Court
Del Norte County
- Ocean World
- Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park
- Rowdy Creek Fish Hatchery
- Del Norte County Fairgrounds
- Trees of Mytery
- City of Crescent City
- Explore Del Norte County
- The Daily Triplicate
- Chamber of Commerce
- Crescent City Police Department
California Tribes
- Achumawi tribe
- Atsugewi tribe
- Cahuilla tribe
- Chemehuevi tribe
- Chilula tribe
- Chimariko tribe
- Chumash tribe
- Cocopah tribe
- Ohlone (Costanoan) tribe
- Cupeno tribe
- Diegueno (Kumeyaay) tribe
- Esselen tribe
- Gabrielino (Tongva) tribe
- Halchidhoma tribe
- Hupa tribe
- Juaneno tribe
- Karok tribe
- Kashaya tribe
- Kato tribe
- Kawaiisu tribe
- Kitanemuk tribe
- Klamath tribe
- Konkow tribe
- Lassik tribe
- Luiseno tribe
- Maidu tribe
- Mattole tribe
- Miwok tribe
- Modoc tribe
- Mojave tribe
- Mono tribe
- Nisenan tribe
- Nomlaki tribe
- Nongatl tribe
- Northern Paiute tribe
- Panamint tribe
- Patwin tribe
- Pomo tribe
- Quechan tribe
- Salinan tribe
- Serrano tribe
- Shasta tribe
- Shoshoni tribe
- Sinkyone tribe
- Southern Paiute tribe
- Tataviam tribe
- Tolowa tribe
- Tubatulabal tribe
- Wailaki tribe
- Wappo tribe
- Washoe tribe
- Whilkut tribe
- Wintu tribe
- Wiyot tribe
- Yana and Yahi tribes
- Yokuts tribe
- Yuki tribe
- Yurok tribe
National
CERT Training
Tribal Community Emergency Response Team “CERT” Training
Who: California Tribal Leaders, Law Enforcement, Fire Safety, and Security Officers
What: Tribal Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training
When: October 26-28, 2011 9am-5pm
Host: Smith River Rancheria
Where: Howonquet Hall Community Center at 101 Indian Court, Smith River, CA 95567
Why: Learning the basics of disaster preparedness, local volunteer response groups, and supple-menting local emergency services during times of disaster.
Sovereignty
September 10, 2011 by kupton
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Sovereignty Has Always Existed
Native American tribes existed as sovereign governments long before European settlers arrived in North America. Treaties signed with European nations (and later the United States) in exchange for land guaranteed the tribes’ continued recognition and treatment as sovereign nations. Historically, state governments have been hostile to the concept of recognizing and dealing with tribes as sovereign governmental entities.
Under the Constitution of the United States and numerous treaties, the federal government undertook to protect tribes from states, who have often coveted our lands and assets, and sought to impose their will on native tribes and their people.
Courts Have Long Recognized Indian Sovereignty
In 1831, the Supreme Court decided in Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia that Indian Nations had the full legal right to manage their own affairs, govern themselves internally and engage in legal and political relationships with the federal government and its subdivisions.
In California vs. Cabazon (1987), the Supreme Court upheld the right of tribes as sovereign nations to conduct gaming on Indian lands free of state control when similar gaming is permitted by the state outside the reservation for any purpose.
The sovereignty was further recognized, while at the same time infringed upon, by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act passed by Congress in 1988. The act affirms that tribes have the power to conduct gaming on Indian lands but it gives states the ability to negotiate gaming regulation and games played through the signing of tribal / state compacts.
Some states have challenged the constitutionality of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, but U.S. federal courts have upheld the foundation of the law, as well as numerous points that spell out tribes’ unique status as sovereign nations within the United States.
