The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,[1] formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians.[2] The tribe was officially restored to federal recognition in 2000 by the U.S. government pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act[3][4]
Prior to European contact, the residents of Marin and Sonoma Counties were bands of Native Californians belonging to two linguistic and cultural groups: the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo, living in close proximity to each other and indigenous to Marin and southern Sonoma Counties in Northern California.[5] Occupied at various times during more than thirty centuries, over 600 village sites have been identified in the Coast Miwok territory, stretching from Bodega Bay to the north, eastward beyond the towns of Cotati and Sonoma, and along the Point Reyes National Seashore and the shores of Tomales Bay.[citation needed]
As early as 1830, a Filipino named Domingo Felix married a Coast Miwok woman named Euphrasia Valencia, and they started a family who later settled in Lairds Landing in 1861.[7][8] The family who descended from this multiracial couple remained there until 1955.[7] Some of the Coast Miwok trace their lineage to this couple.[9]
The territorial lands of the Southern Pomo are in Sonoma County, south of the Russian River to the southern Santa Rosa area.[citation needed] The Southern Pomo were the first inhabitants of what is now the town of Sebastopol, with several smaller traditional Southern Pomo villages located southeast of Sebastopol along the Laguna de Santa Rosa.[citation needed] California anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber stated:
Batiklechawi, at Sebastapol at the head of the slough known as Laguna de Santa Rosa, was an important town, and therefore presumably the headquarters of a division [of the Southern Pomo]. Another group tentatively may be inferred as having occupied the bulk of the shores of the laguna.[10]
Recent history
Most of the Coast Miwok continued to live in their traditional lands through the 20th century. They worked in sawmills, as agricultural laborers, and fished to supplement their incomes.[citation needed]
The Graton Rancheria was a 15-acre (61,000 m2) Indian rancheria near Sebastopol in Sonoma County. The rancheria was established for Coast Miwok, Southern Pomo, and other Indians living in the region. In 1920, when Indians began to settle the land, they discovered that all but three acres (12,000 m2) were inhospitable.
The US government terminated the trust agreement (federal recognition) of the Graton Rancheria in 1958. Gloria Armstrong (Miwok) privately owned a 1-acre (4,000 m2) lot of the previous rancheria.[11] In 1992, the tribe initiated the procedure to regain federal recognition.[12] Recognition was achieved on December 27, 2000 through the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act passed by the U.S. Congress.[13] On April 18, 2008, the tribe acquired 254 acres (1.03 km2) of land.[14]
Since 2007, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria has collaborated with Occidental Arts and Ecology in Occidental, California to create workshops called Tradition Environmental Knowledge on organic farming, herbology, native plant restoration, and ethnobotany.[15]
Government
The tribe has approximately 1,438 members (1,438 as of October 1, 2019). The tribe's government offices are located in Rohnert Park, California. Tribal governmental programs and services include sacred sites preservation and protection, Indian housing, Indian education, membership, cultural arts, social services, and tribal health.[16]
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are governed by a seven-member Tribal Council who are elected to two-year terms by the adult tribal membership. The current administration includes:
^Schneider, Tsim D. (2021). The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse: Coast Miwok Resilience and Indigenous Hinterlands in Colonial California. University of Arizona Press. ISBN9780816542536.
^Rodis, Rodel (26 October 2013). "The Second Coming of Filipinos to America". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
^ abCurwen, Thomas (2016-04-18). "Reminders of a bohemian artist's past will soon fade at Laird's Landing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-19. So far as the written record showed, Domingo Felix and Euphrasia Valencia were the first residents of Laird's. He was Filipino, and she, Coast Miwok. They moved here in 1861, a significant step for a family long displaced from ancestral lands by the Spanish, Mexicans and Americans.
^Sobredo, James (July 1999). . Asian American Studies. California State University, Sacramento. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^Alfred A. Yuson (6 May 2002). "Fil-Am memoirs: A multicolored fabric". Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 December 2014. The Filipino experience in California is a multiracial one, which has its roots in the 1830 marriage of a Filipino named Domingo Felix and his wife Euphrasia, a Coast Miwok. They were married in Point Reyes and settled at Laird's Landing. Today nearly all the Coast Miwoks are part Filipino...
^"California Indians and Their Reservations." 2010-09-26 at the Wayback MachineSan Diego State University Library and Information Access. (retrieved 6 Jan 2010)
^"Tribal Council." Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria. (retrieved 6 January 2010)
External links
Official website
Graton Rancheria Casino and Hotel Project EPA notice
March 03, 2023
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The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria 1 formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians 2 The tribe was officially restored to federal recognition in 2000 by the U S government pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act 3 4 Federated Indians of Graton RancheriaTotal population1 080Regions with significant populationsUnited States California LanguagesEnglish Pomo Miwok languageReligionRoundhouse religion Christianity KuksuRelated ethnic groupsMiwok and Pomo people Contents 1 Early history 2 Recent history 3 Government 4 Notable tribal members 5 See also 6 Bibliography 7 References 8 External linksEarly history EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Prior to European contact the residents of Marin and Sonoma Counties were bands of Native Californians belonging to two linguistic and cultural groups the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo living in close proximity to each other and indigenous to Marin and southern Sonoma Counties in Northern California 5 Occupied at various times during more than thirty centuries over 600 village sites have been identified in the Coast Miwok territory stretching from Bodega Bay to the north eastward beyond the towns of Cotati and Sonoma and along the Point Reyes National Seashore and the shores of Tomales Bay citation needed The year 1579 was the earliest recorded account made by the Europeans of the Coast Miwok people on the coast of Marin in the Point Reyes area as documented in a diary by Chaplain Fletcher who was aboard Sir Francis Drake s ship citation needed In 1595 The Coast Miwok came into contact with the crew of the San Agustin a Manila Galleon captained by Sebastiao Rodrigues Soromenho and crewed by Filipino mariners 6 During the Mission Period of 1779 1823 Mission San Francisco de Asis also called Mission Dolores Mission San Rafael Arcangel and Mission San Francisco Solano used Indians including the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo people as a key source of labor citation needed As early as 1830 a Filipino named Domingo Felix married a Coast Miwok woman named Euphrasia Valencia and they started a family who later settled in Lairds Landing in 1861 7 8 The family who descended from this multiracial couple remained there until 1955 7 Some of the Coast Miwok trace their lineage to this couple 9 The territorial lands of the Southern Pomo are in Sonoma County south of the Russian River to the southern Santa Rosa area citation needed The Southern Pomo were the first inhabitants of what is now the town of Sebastopol with several smaller traditional Southern Pomo villages located southeast of Sebastopol along the Laguna de Santa Rosa citation needed California anthropologist Alfred L Kroeber stated Batiklechawi at Sebastapol at the head of the slough known as Laguna de Santa Rosa was an important town and therefore presumably the headquarters of a division of the Southern Pomo Another group tentatively may be inferred as having occupied the bulk of the shores of the laguna 10 Recent history EditMost of the Coast Miwok continued to live in their traditional lands through the 20th century They worked in sawmills as agricultural laborers and fished to supplement their incomes citation needed The Graton Rancheria was a 15 acre 61 000 m2 Indian rancheria near Sebastopol in Sonoma County The rancheria was established for Coast Miwok Southern Pomo and other Indians living in the region In 1920 when Indians began to settle the land they discovered that all but three acres 12 000 m2 were inhospitable The US government terminated the trust agreement federal recognition of the Graton Rancheria in 1958 Gloria Armstrong Miwok privately owned a 1 acre 4 000 m2 lot of the previous rancheria 11 In 1992 the tribe initiated the procedure to regain federal recognition 12 Recognition was achieved on December 27 2000 through the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act passed by the U S Congress 13 On April 18 2008 the tribe acquired 254 acres 1 03 km2 of land 14 Since 2007 the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria has collaborated with Occidental Arts and Ecology in Occidental California to create workshops called Tradition Environmental Knowledge on organic farming herbology native plant restoration and ethnobotany 15 Government EditThe tribe has approximately 1 438 members 1 438 as of October 1 2019 The tribe s government offices are located in Rohnert Park California Tribal governmental programs and services include sacred sites preservation and protection Indian housing Indian education membership cultural arts social services and tribal health 16 The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are governed by a seven member Tribal Council who are elected to two year terms by the adult tribal membership The current administration includes Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris Vice Chair Lorelle W B Ross Treasurer Gene Buvelot Secretary Jeannette Anglin Councilmember Joanne Campbell Councilmember Robert Baguio Councilmember Lawrence Stafford 17 Notable tribal members EditJulia F Parker b 1928 master basket weaver Greg Sarris b 1952 professor and authorSee also EditAdvisory Council on California Indian PolicyBibliography EditKroeber Alfred L Handbook of the Indians of California Volume 1 Whitefish MT Kessinger Publishing 2006 Reprint ISBN 978 1 4286 4492 2 Pritzker Barry M A Native American Encyclopedia History Culture and Peoples Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 ISBN 978 0 19 513877 1 References Edit Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria retrieved 6 Jan 2010 Federal Register Notice at 74 FR 40219 dated August 11 2009 permanent dead link Pub L No 106 568 Title XIV 114 Stat 2939 25 U S C 1300n et seq 2000 Search Results THOMAS Library of Congress Schneider Tsim D 2021 The Archaeology of Refuge and Recourse Coast Miwok Resilience and Indigenous Hinterlands in Colonial California University of Arizona Press ISBN 9780816542536 Rodis Rodel 26 October 2013 The Second Coming of Filipinos to America Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved 26 September 2018 a b Curwen Thomas 2016 04 18 Reminders of a bohemian artist s past will soon fade at Laird s Landing Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2022 10 19 So far as the written record showed Domingo Felix and Euphrasia Valencia were the first residents of Laird s He was Filipino and she Coast Miwok They moved here in 1861 a significant step for a family long displaced from ancestral lands by the Spanish Mexicans and Americans Sobredo James July 1999 Filipino Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area Stockton and Seattle Asian American Studies California State University Sacramento Archived from the original on 29 December 2014 Retrieved 28 December 2014 Alfred A Yuson 6 May 2002 Fil Am memoirs A multicolored fabric Philippine Star Retrieved 28 December 2014 The Filipino experience in California is a multiracial one which has its roots in the 1830 marriage of a Filipino named Domingo Felix and his wife Euphrasia a Coast Miwok They were married in Point Reyes and settled at Laird s Landing Today nearly all the Coast Miwoks are part Filipino Kroeber 233 California Indians and Their Reservations Archived 2010 09 26 at the Wayback Machine San Diego State University Library and Information Access retrieved 6 Jan 2010 Pritzker 134 Omnibus Indian Advancement Act Archived 2011 07 21 at the Wayback Machine Public Law 106 568 106th Congress Page 2867 retrieved 6 Jan 2009 Land Acquisitions Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria California Federal Register Volume 73 Number 89 7 May 2008 retrieved 6 Jan 2009 Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Archived 2011 07 26 at the Wayback Machine Occidental Arts and Ecology 2009 retrieved 12 May 2011 Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Tribal Council Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria retrieved 6 January 2010 External links EditOfficial website Friends of Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Graton Rancheria Casino and Hotel Project EPA notice Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria amp oldid 1127161510, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
