The Guideville Band of Pomo Indians is a Native American tribe of the Pomo Indians of northern

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.Richmond rejects tribe's plans for casino resort
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History

The tribe's origin is of the original settlers of areas in Mendocino,

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, and Sonoma counties. The tribe currently has 122 members. Other bands of Pomo include the

Lytton Band of Pomo Indians The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Native Americans. They were recognized in the late 1980s, as lineal descendants of the two families who lived at the Lytton Rancheria in Healdsburg, California from 1937 to ...

and the

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California, also known as the Scott's Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Sugar Bowl Rancheria is a Federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribe of Pomo people, Pomo and Eel River Athapaskans, Wa ...

Point Molate Casino Project

In the 2000s, the tribe unsuccessfully attempted to build a

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-style

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at Point Molate in Contra Costa County.

Notes

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