Indian Affairs
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Newsom urged to grant California Indian Tribes access to banking system without forcibly incorporating them
SACRAMENTO — Tribal leaders and advocates are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to clear a path for California’s non-federally recognized Indigenous nations to access the banking system as sovereign governments, without forcing them to incorporate under…
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‘Fake Tribester’ Corina Gould has swindled hundreds of Bay Area activists, donors with scandalous misrepresentations
By Staff Reporter November 9, 2025 In the heart of the Bay Area’s progressive activist scene, where calls for #LandBack and decolonization echo from Oakland’s streets to Berkeley’s hills, one name has become associated with indigenous…
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How a $20 million bet on ‘rematriation’ backfired spectacularly—and exposed the perils of philanthropy’s feel-good frontier
By Staff Reporter October 29, 2025 — In the fog-shrouded precincts of Oakland, where the ghosts of California’s missions still murmur beneath the freeways, a quiet revolution was supposed to be underway. Sacred land, long desecrated…
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COURAGE: Ro Khanna leads charge for Muwekma Ohlone reaffirmation, but will threats from the ‘elderly guard’ thwart efforts
By Staff Reporter In the halls of Congress, where indigenous rights often clash with entrenched political and economic forces, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has emerged as a leading champion for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s long-denied federal…
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TRIBAL CORRUPTION: Greg Sarris’s reign over Graton Casino betrays Native American communities
By Staff Reporter In the rolling hills of Sonoma County, California, where the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria operate one of the state’s most lucrative casinos, Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris has built an empire on promises…