The Coyote Valley Reservation in Redwood Valley,

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is home to about 170 members of the Coyote Valley tribe of the Native American Pomo people, who descend from the Shodakai Pomo. They are a

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, who were formerly known as the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California. It is also the location of the Coyote Valley Shodakai

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. The Coyote Valley tribe were formerly located a few miles to the southeast, at the Coyote Valley Rancheria. The Rancheria site was flooded by the construction of the Coyote Dam, creating Lake Mendocino, and the tribe relocated to the current reservation. They are a member of the

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which is a consortium of

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tribal nations focused on environmental and cultural preservation. The council, which includes members of 10 federally recognized tribes in Mendocino and

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counties, has worked to protect lands of cultural importance along the North Coast within the traditional

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tribal territory since it was established in 1986. The California Natural Resources Agency has discussed co-management of Jackson Demonstration State Forest with the tribe which is within their ancestral lands.

References

* Economic Development Administration. U.S. Dept of Commerce.
California Report: Coyote Valley Reservation (p. 253)
''. File retrieved May 5, 2007.

External links

Coyote Valley Shodakai Casino Homepage
Native American tribes in California Pomo tribe Populated places in Mendocino County, California Native American tribes in Mendocino County, California Federally recognized tribes in the United States {{NorthAm-native-stub

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