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Fear of Indian gaming an old issue for AmCan
Fears of Indian gaming have mobilized Napa County and its cities to oppose ongoing efforts by the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley to get federal tribal recognition.  Mishewal Wappo Tribe3/31/2013
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Wappo chair to speak in Santa Rosa
(California) -- The chairman of a local Native American tribe that’s currently fighting to regain federal recognition will give a talk about the effort at Santa...
3/19/2013
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Thompson asks for vigilance in Wappo case
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, pressed a U.S. Department of Interior official on Tuesday with questions about how vigorously the federal...
2/9/2013
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Federal judge to decide Wappo status / Negotiations with feds reached impasse
(California) -- A local Indian tribe will likely place the fate of its lawsuit against the U.S. government in the hands of a judge, and its pursuit of federal...
11/15/2012
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County officials take Wappo fight to Washington
(California) -- Having lost a series of legal rulings in court, Napa County has turned to lobbying in Washington, D.C., in its ongoing dispute with the Mishewal Wappo...
11/12/2012
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OP/ED: Napa County should negotiate with Wappo
(California) -- Back in the late 1940s, the country was rebounding from a wartime economy and trying to satisfy the pent-up needs of a rapidly growing economy and...
10/29/2012
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Sonoma, Napa counties appeal judge's decision on Wappo tribe's federal lawsuit
(California) -- Sonoma and Napa county officials continue to fight an Alexander Valley tribe's efforts to gain federal recognition, fearing that it will open the...
10/16/2012
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County to appeal its ouster from Wappo suit
(California) -- Last month, a judge kicked Napa County out of a local Indian tribe’s lawsuit that seeks federal recognition, but the county isn’t accepting...
10/8/2012
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LETTER: Casino development impacts our culture
(California) -- It is obvious that the Mishewal Wappo, if recognized as a tribe with sovereign rights in the Napa Valley, intend to build a casino. The opening of a...
10/7/2012
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Judge dismisses Napa, Sonoma counties from Wappo lawsuit
(California) -- A local Indian tribe has won the latest skirmish in a legal battle with Napa and Sonoma counties, although Napa County officials say the war's not...
10/3/2012
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Napa County tossed out of Wappo tribal lawsuit
(California) -- A federal judge last week removed Napa County from a local Indian tribe's lawsuit against the U.S. government, a move county officials fear will...
8/4/2012
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Opinions vary on pros, cons of Native American–run casinos
(California) -- While members of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley continue their fight in federal court to regain federal recognition, Native Americans and...
7/10/2012
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Fear of Indian gaming an old issue for AmCan
(California) -- Fears of Indian gaming have mobilized Napa County and its cities to oppose ongoing efforts by the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley to get federal...
7/1/2012
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Many in Congress back arguments about Wappo tribe recognition
(California) -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said Friday most of his congressional colleagues agree that Congress and not the courts have the power to recognize...
6/29/2012
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Hearing Held On Status Of Wappo Tribe
(Washington D.C.) -- A hearing by the House Committee on Natural Resources’ Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee was held on June 27 in part to discuss...
6/28/2012
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Alexander Valley tribal leader spars with Thompson over casino
(California) -- The leader of Alexander Valley’s Wappo Indians on Thursday disagreed sharply with Rep. Mike Thompson’s assertion that the tribe will try to...
6/27/2012
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Hearing Examines How Indian Tribes Are Recognized
(Washington D.C.) -- The dispute between two California counties and an Indian tribe is one of the issues under consideration in today's House Indian Affairs Subcmte...
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Napa County, Mishewal Wappo make case before Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- The battle between Napa County and a local Indian tribe pursuing federal recognition shifted to Washington D.C. on Wednesday, as county and tribal...
6/26/2012
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Hearing Examines How Indian Tribes Are Recognized
(Washington D.C.) -- The dispute between two California counties and an Indian tribe is one of the issues under consideration in today's House Natural Resources...
6/25/2012
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Congressional panel to hear local Wappo case
(Washington D.C.) -- The dispute between Napa County and a local Indian tribe is heading to the floor of Congress on Wednesday.
6/23/2012
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Napa County Supervisor, Indian tribal leader to testify in D.C.
(California) -- Representatives of Napa County and the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley are scheduled to appear before a congressional subcommittee Wednesday...
5/28/2012
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LETTER: County responds to tribal recognition letter
(California) -- I, on behalf of Napa County and the Board of Supervisors, am responding to your letter regarding the efforts of the Mishewal Wappo of Alexander Valley to...
5/23/2012
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Fear of Indian gaming an old issue for AmCan
(California) -- Fears of Indian gaming have mobilized Napa County and its cities to oppose ongoing efforts by the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley to get federal...
5/20/2012
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An open letter to Supervisor Diane Dillon
(California) -- I am absolutely appalled by the way the county of Napa, not to mention the other counties, chose to handle its involvement with the Mishewal Wappo Tribe...
5/6/2012
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Casino concerns raise stakes for Napa in Wappo’s restoration quest
(California) -- If the Napa Valley was a plainer realm, without its bounty or its beauty, then perhaps this fight could be less fierce, and compromise more easily...
5/5/2012
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LETTER: Tribal casino will attract Napans
(California) -- It seems everyone in Napa is worried about an tribal casino being built here. People are trying to have it stopped by complaining and writing letters,...
3/10/2012
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LETTER: Linton Brown: Mill Creek
(California) -- Editor: In his March 6 column, "Another Mill Creek massacre," Richard Mazzucchi crafts an overwrought emotional image of impending doom. He...
3/9/2012
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Counties, Lawmakers Oppose Tribe’s Federal Recognition for Fear of Napa Valley Casino
(California) -- In an effort to privatize California’s smaller Indian reservations, Congress stripped the Mishewal Wappos and 40 other tribes of their tribal...
3/8/2012
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Counties say: ‘inconvenient truths’ lie in tribe’s past
(California) -- Napa and Sonoma counties are pushing back against a local Indian tribe’s attempt to kick them out of its lawsuit against the U.S. government...
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