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Big Valley Tribal members are descendants of the Xa-Ben-Na-Po Band of Pomo Indians that historically have inhabited the Clear Lake area for over 11,800 years. For many generations, the various Pomo Bands enjoyed unfettered use of the lands and waters of Lake County, California.

A. Passed by Congress in 1978 to protect and preserve our Native American children from being sent to Foster Homes or Foster Parents without the consent of the Tribe. B. Assist those Foster agencies or Foster parents to provide cultural awareness to their children or find placement of child with qualified Indian Parents. C. Provide information to the Child Protective Services, Law Enforcement, Social Services, and the Court Systems to identify appropiate placement of their Native American Children. D. If you know of any Native American children who need cultural awareness education notify our Tribe for assistance. E. If you would like assistance with Tribal adoption among families, please contact the our Tribe.

The Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake is a federally-recognized native sovereign nation. Our primary purposes relate to the overall well being of our Tribal Members and our families. We have active programs and relationships with our Pomo tribal neighbors here in Lake County that will help us preserve our Pomo culture. Many of these activities help us rediscover lost traditions, spiritual beliefs and help revive our dying languages.

We, as members of the Middletown Rancheria, established our own Constitution as an exercise of our sovereign power in order to organize for our common good, to govern ourselves pursuant to our own laws, to preserve and protect our common and natural resources, to provide for the welfare and prosperity of our people.

CWA services offered through the Tribe vary depending upon the situation and needs of the child and family.  Sherwood Valley Indian Child Welfare provides support and referral services outside of court cases with the goal of strengthening Indian families and contributing to family stability. Advocacy: Support for child(ren) and parents through the often daunting experience of navigating the judicial, social service, probation, mental health, school and other county/state systems that at times our families find themselves challenged and involved with. The Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo is a member of the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) and receives support and technical assistance on current policies and regulations.

The Redwood Valley Rancheria Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Department provides culturally appropriate preventive and ongoing services and referrals to service providers for Redwood Valley Rancheria member families and children who are involved with or at risk of involvement with county or state child welfare systems.

The Pinoleville Pomo Nation secures tribal government, affirms and protects tribal sovereignty, and maintains government-to-government relationships. The Nation is dedicated to developing and maintaining co-operative alliances that benefit the Nation and local community. The Nation is committed to the preservation of its history, culture, and traditions. The Nation provides for the health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens, while promoting economic self-sufficiency and personal independence.

ICWA wants all Tribal Youth/Children to live in homes that are safe, nurturing, happy, and connected to the Tribe and our culture. The Hopland Tribal ICWA Services provides representation and resources for Hopland Tribal Members at risk of losing their children. The ICWA Social Worker is the appointed representative for the Tribe. S/he works to protect the best interests of children who are members of the Tribe, to prevent the unwarranted breakup of Hopland families, to maintain the connection of Hopland children to their families and Tribe, to promote the stability and security of the Tribe by establishing tribal standards for the conduct of child custody proceedings involving Hopland children, and to provide child welfare services to Hopland children and families that are in accord with the traditions, laws, and cultural values of the Tribe.

The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians is a federally recognized Tribe located in the heart of Mendocino County, Redwood Valley, California, USA. The reservation is approximately 82.36 acres of trust land. For the purpose of governing ourselves, under our own laws, customs and traditions, free from state regulation and control, and for the purpose of establishing a legally recognized Tribal government and secure the rights and powers inherent in our sovereign status, guaranteed to us by the laws of the United States, the Tribe adopted the Document Embodying the Laws, Customs and Traditions of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians as its governing document; the Tribe’s Constitution. In accordance with the Tribe’s Constitution, the powers of the Tribe are divided into three distinct branches: the General Council, the Tribal Council, and Tribal Judiciary. The Tribe is comprised of over 300 members. All persons whose name appears on Tribal Base Roll (adopted October 30, 2012) or are lineal descendants of any person whose name appears on the Tribal Base Roll shall be members of the Tribe provided they have first made an application for membership according to the Tribe’s enrollment code. Duly enrolled members 18 years of age and better make up the General Council. Elected from the General Council is a Chief of the General Council and the Tribal Council.

We, the members of the Potter Valley Tribe, pusuant to our inherent sovereignty as a nation, do hereby adopt and establish this Constitution for the purposes of providing for the health, safety, and welfare of our people, to promote our economy, to preserve, protect, and pass on our culture to future generations, to maintain community harmony, to achieve fairness and justice, to honor our traditions, our ancestors, and our elders, to assert and exercise our sovereignty, to affirm and build natural resources of our  aboriginal land or any other acquired territory, to carry on enterprises for the benefit of our community, and to establish duties and rights of the citizens fo the Potter Valley Tribe living on or off-reservation.

ICFPP is an all Indian Tribal nonprofit corporation and a consortium of tribes formed to provide Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) advocacy. Please see our programs and services page for more information of the cases we serve and our additional services offered.

The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) is a program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This program provides foods for good health to households living on or near Indian reservations in approved FDPIR service areas. You may qualify to receive these foods if you have little or no earnings or live on a fixed income such as social security, cash aid from social services, or TANF.

The mission of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Program is to establish and provide quality vocational rehabilitation services to all eligible enrolled members of Federally-Recognized Tribes, residing in Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties.

The Mending Basket incorporates traditional values and ways into the provision of services to victims of domestic violence and teen dating violence.

The Office of Tribal Affairs cultivates informed participation and trusting relationships with and among the Tribes, California Department of Social Services, and Counties to enhance the well-being of American Indian children and families.

Assists Tribal members to improve their financial/ credit situations and empowers individuals with their goals towards Homeownership.

Under the mission area of Serving Communities, the Human Services Program supports the Department’s Strategic Goal to Advance Quality Communities for Tribes and Alaska Natives by improving welfare systems for Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. Human Services consists of direct funding and activities related to social services, welfare assistance, Indian child welfare, and program oversight. The objective of this activity is to improve the quality of life for individual Indians that live on or near Indian reservations and to protect the children, elderly and disabled from abuse and neglect. The activity also provides child abuse and neglect services and protective services to Individual Indian Monies (IIM) supervised account holders who are minors, adults in need of assistance, adults under legal disability, and adults found to be non compos mentis.

The California Tribal TANF Partnership (CTTP) is associated with 20 tribes and other organizations that operate tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs for Native American people. CTTP was established on July 8, 2003 and remains operational under the governing body Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians as lead adminis

The California Tribal TANF Partnership (CTTP) is associated with 20 tribes and other organizations that operate tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs for Native American people. CTTP was established on July 8, 2003 and remains operational under the governing body Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians as lead adminis

We, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, are a Tribal Government dedicated to protecting and promoting the interests of the Hoopa Valley Indians, and cooperating and collaborating with Federal, State, and local Governments.

The mission of the Karuk Tribe is to promote the general welfare of all Karuk people, to establish equality and justice for our tribe, to restore and preserve Tribal traditions, customs, language and ancestral rights, and to secure to ourselves and our descendants the power to exercise the inherent rights of self governance.

The mission of the Yurok Tribe is to exercise the aboriginal and sovereign rights of the Yurok People to continue forever our Tribal traditions of self-governance, cultural and spiritual preservation, stewardship of Yurok lands, waters and other natural endowments, balanced social and economic development, peace and reciprocity, and respect for the dignity and individual rights of all persons living within the jurisdiction of the Yurok Tribe, while honoring our Creator, our ancestors and our descendants.

Available for any American Indian or lineal descendant whose household income does not exceed federal poverty guidelines. The Free Sport Fishing License for Low Income Native Americans is only available at CDFW License Sales Offices .

Our team provides services, support, and outreach to rural Native American Youth in Northern California, with the focus on the Sherwood Valley tribal community: These support, services, and outreach include the following: Mentoring, Generation Red Road for Youth, Cultural Workshops & Trips, Monthly Community Events, Celebrating Families for Wellness Program, Intertribal Youth Council, and support from Tribal Community Advisory.