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October 2, 2024
Newsweek: To Protect Tribal Homelands, Reject Harmful Federal Policies | Opinion
Indian Country was honored and hopeful when President Joe Biden nominated Deb Haaland as the first Native American to serve as secretary of the Interior. But today, we are concerned that the Department of the Interior (DOI), on her watch, continues to ignore significant threats to our ancestral tribal homelands.
August 30, 2024
Daily Republic: Yocha Dehe tribe blasts impact review of proposed Vallejo casino
The assault on a Vallejo casino project, and what opponents consider a weak environmental assessment on possible impacts, continued Thursday with comments from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.
August 29, 2024
Times-Herald: ‘A sorry excuse’: Yocha Dehe takes on Scotts Valley Casino environmental assessment
The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation took aim at plans for an upcoming $700 million casino in Vallejo, calling the Environmental Assessment “a sorry excuse for an environmental review that fails to meet even the most basic requirements of federal law.”
August 29, 2024
Press Release: Yocha Dehe Slams Biden Admin’s “Sorry Excuse” for an Environmental Assessment of Casino Project in Public Comments
The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation submitted comments to the Department of the Interior on the Scotts Valley Casino Project Environmental Assessment at the close of the rushed 45-day public comment period.
August 24, 2024
The Sacramento Bee: California tribes are urging the rejection of this casino project proposal. Here’s why
Tribal leaders called on the Department of the Interior to reject the Scotts Valley Casino proposal, which they said is environmentally harmful and undermines their sovereignty, during a news conference Thursday in West Sacramento.
August 23, 2024
Lake County News: Scotts Valley tribe’s Vallejo casino plan meets resistance from other tribes, elected officials
A Lake County tribe’s plans to locate a massive casino project in Vallejo is meeting with resistance from tribes in that area as well as elected officials on the local, state and federal levels.
August 22, 2024
Times-Herald: Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation opposes casino
As the public comment period closes for the Environmental Assessment of the Scotts Valley Casino Project, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, and local government officials held a press conference near the State Capitol urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to reject the proposal.
August 21, 2024
Daily Republic: Governor joins Board of Supervisors, others against Vallejo casino
Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined the band of opponents to the proposed tribal casino and housing project in Vallejo.
July 27, 2024
Daily Republic: Solano accuses BIA of favoritism toward Vallejo casino project
Solano County sent a letter accusing the Pacific Regional Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of “showing favoritism” toward a Lake County-based Native American tribe looking to build a casino in Vallejo.
July 24, 2024
Times-Herald: Yocha Dehe Tribal Council calls Vallejo casino project ‘reservation shopping’
Members of the Yocha Dehe Tribal Council, however, don’t think they have been dealt a winning hand in the project.
July 23, 2024
Yocha Dehe Tribal Leaders Hold DOI Accountable at Public Hearing on Scotts Valley Casino Project
Today members of the Yocha Dehe Tribal Council called out the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for their refusal to involve Yocha Dehe in the Scotts Valley casino project process.
July 23, 2024
LA Times: A casino project sparks conflict over tribal sovereignty and control of sacred lands
A dispute over a California mega casino has divided two tribes and raised questions over U.S. government attempts to make amends for the theft of sacred lands.
April 10, 2024
Daily Republic: Lake County tribe renews efforts toward Vallejo casino
October 10, 2016
