Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

December 18, 2009

Crow Creek Gains Support of Calif. Miwok

Crow Creek gains support of Calif. tribe
Miwoks face eviction from tribal land
Peter Harriman • pharrima@argusleader.com • December 18, 2009

Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman Brandon Sazue has received lots of support from other tribes for his protest of the IRS auctioning off 7,100 acres of his tribe's land, including from a small tribe in California trying desperately to hold on to a tiny parcel of land that is its only real estate.
The California Valley Miwok Tribe sent a letter to Sazue voicing their support for him and his tribe as its leaders prepare to barricade themselves for the second time on the tribe's only real estate, one-and-a-half acres housing the tribal office in Stockton, Calif., that is in a bank foreclosure. Read article:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20091218/NEWS/912180316/1003/BUSINESS

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