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High Country News: “Northern California tribes face down massive wildfires”
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Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. Jewell (ISDEAA Law Enforcement Funding)
California Tribes Move for Summary Judgment in Suit to Force Interior to Contract for Law Enforcement Services
Here is the motion in Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. Salazar (N.D. Cal.):
Hopland Band Motion for Summary J
The complaint is here.
California Tribes Sue Interior over Failure to Contract for Law Enforcement Services under ISDEAA
Here is the complaint in Hopland Band of Pomo Indians v. Salazar (N.D. Cal.):
United States v. Hunter Update — IGRA Criminal Case
We posted about this case involving tribal leaders at Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians earlier this year. The government has been able to convict one of the tribal leaders — Michelle Campbell — for failing to file a tax return (campbell-conviction). Priscilla Hunter’s trial is scheduled for April 2009.
U.S. v. Hunter et al. — IGRA Criminal Case — Coyote Valley
United States v. Hunter, No. 06-565 (N.D. Cal.), is an unusual case. In 2001, it appears that the National Indian Gaming Commission investigated the improper expenditure of Indian gaming revenues by tribal council members at Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. They reached a settlement and consent decree (attached as Exh. A to Deft. Crabtree’s Motion to Dismiss below).
In short, tribal council members allegedly continued their bad behavior — using gaming revenues to buy first class plane tickets, donate to political causes, and other uses. The US then brought a criminal case, alleging violation of IGRA (as a criminal matter) when these council members (Hunter et al.) spent gaming revenues on political causes and first class tickets.
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