The Coyote Valley Reservation in

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is home to about 170 members of the Coyote Valley tribe of the Native American

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, 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

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, and the tribe relocated to the current reservation. They are a member of the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council 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

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within the traditional Sinkyone tribal territory since it was established in 1986. The

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has discussed co-management of

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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
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