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OP/ED: Help cook up help for seniors
Santa Barbara County is fortunate to have more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving our quality of life, in areas ranging from helping young people with scholarships to protecting the environment. Few other communities our size can boast such a diversity of groups and support.  Chumash Tribe5/15/2013
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Chumash gaming funds distributed to agencies
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday to local public agencies as part of a state-...
5/12/2013
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Chumash gaming funds distributed
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday to local public agencies as part of a state-...
5/9/2013
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ARMENTA: ‘Building Better Futures’
(California) -- Santa Barbara County’s residents and businesses are known throughout the country for their generosity. Ours is a special community that is home to...
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Summer program gives kids glimpse of Chumash
(California) -- The Museum of Ventura County is accepting registrations for its summer Chumash Youth Program, which teaches kids about Ventura County’s indigenous...
5/5/2013
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Commentary: The fight to reclaim ancestral land
(California) -- The Committee to Improve North County is constantly searching for ways to keep our members informed about issues that impact our community.
5/1/2013
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OP/ED: The fight to reclaim ancestral land
(California) -- The Committee to Improve North County is constantly searching for ways to keep our members informed about issues that impact our community.
4/18/2013
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Chumash Tribal Elder Reggie Pagaling Appointed to Native American Heritage Commission
(California) -- Reginald “Reggie” Pagaling, a Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians tribal elder, was recently appointed to the California Native American...
3/28/2013
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Community groups’ appeals of Chumash land plan dismissed
(California) -- The Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) has dismissed the appeals of four community groups that have been consistent critics of the Santa Ynez Band...
3/27/2013
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Change of funds / The future of Chumash grant funds is uncertain
(California) -- March is application time for law enforcement, road construction, fire departments, and paramedics in Santa Ynez, Solvang, Buellton, and Santa Barbara...
3/26/2013
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Small victory for Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
(California) -- It's a small victory for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The long legal battle over a 6.9 acre piece of land could be closer to an end.The...
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Appeal by community groups of Chumash plan dismissed
(California) -- The Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) has dismissed the appeals of four community groups that have been consistent critics of the Santa Ynez Band...
3/21/2013
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Chumash cemetery unearthed in Los Osos
(California) -- Members of the Chumash community want sewer collection system excavation halted in Los Osos where Native American remains were unearthed at what is...
3/15/2013
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Commentary: Building connections to end cultural insensitivities
(California) -- In my position as cultural director for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, I have the privilege of working with members of our tribal families as we...
3/4/2013
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Chumash re-elect chair, business committee
(California) -- Vincent Armenta, tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, and all the incumbent members of the tribe’s business committee have...
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Santa Ynez Band Of Chumash Indians Re-Elects Incumbent Leadership Team
(California) -- Tribal members of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians re-elected Vincent Armenta as their Tribal Chairman and also re-elected the incumbent members of...
2/14/2013
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GOMEZ: Educational excellence at home, beyond
(California) -- Our tribal government has made investing in education a priority. We are seeing members of our families graduating from levels ranging from grade school...
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OP/ED: Tribal information meeting, a different view
(California) -- I read the commentary by Chumash Tribal Chairman Vincent Armenta in your Jan. 31 issue. I was at that public meeting and it never “dissolved into a...
2/5/2013
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Expansion OK’d for tribe’s liquor license
(California) -- A request by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for an expanded liquor license at its casino and resort has been approved by state administrators,...
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Tribe’s liquor license expansion includes 18 conditions on permit
(California) -- The expanded liquor license at the Chumash Casino Resort includes a set of 18 conditions requested by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department...
1/31/2013
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ARMENTA: Tribe has rights, not entitlements
(California) -- We had good intentions when we held our Camp 4 public meeting on Jan. 21 at Hotel Corque in Solvang. We had hoped to begin a sincere dialogue with the...
1/30/2013
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Expansion OK’d for Chumash liquor license
(California) -- A request by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for an expanded liquor license at its casino and resort has been approved by state administrators,...
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OP/ED: Camp 4 exemplifies long battle of wills
(California) -- At first glance, the dispute between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and its neighbors may seem like a local issue. It’s not.
1/24/2013
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Chumash meeting ends abruptly
(California) -- Chumash officials convened a public meeting Monday night to get comments on options for subdividing their 1,400 agricultural acres known as Camp 4, about...
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Unhappy Campers / Fate of Chumash Land in Question
(California) -- The most talked about chunk of land in the Santa Ynez Valley was the focus of a heated meeting hosted Monday by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians,...
1/23/2013
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Boxing to hit Chumash Friday night
(California) -- A special night of boxing is coming to the Chumash Casino. Even though Friday night’s Central Coast Championship Boxing event isn’t the...
1/21/2013
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Chairman cuts meeting short
(California) -- Chumash officials convened a public meeting Monday night to get comments on possible designs of houses they want to build on agricultural property about...
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Santa Ynez Chumash Let Public Weigh In on Proposed Camp 4 Project
(California) -- An effort by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to start a dialogue with the public Monday night about how to best develop housing on its and turned...
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Tension Surfaces At Chumash Camp 4 Public Meeting in Solvang
(California) -- It's been one of the most talked about issues in the Santa Ynez Valley. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians revealed what they plan to do with...
1/20/2013
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Chumash Land Meeting Preview
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is set to hold a public meeting tomorrow to discuss its plans for a controversial 1400-acre land parcel known as...
1/9/2013
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Chumash set public meeting on Camp 4 plans
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians plans to hold a public meeting this month on preliminary plans for tribal housing they want to build on the 1,400-...
1/6/2013
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Chumash to hold public meeting on Camp 4 plans
(California) -- A public meeting organized by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians on preliminary plans for proposed tribal housing on a 1,400-acre property in Santa...
12/20/2012
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Santa Ynez Valley Journal Prints Last Paper
(California) -- The last issue of the Santa Ynez Valley Journal, a small weekly newpaper owned and published by rancher Nancy Crawford-Hall, came out Thursday, December...
12/19/2012
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Chumash donate $25,000 to Toys for Tots
(California) -- The Central Coast Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign received a $25,000 donation from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation at the...
11/22/2012
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CHUMASH: Honoring native heritage, past, present, future
(California) -- With Thanksgiving, November kicks off a season of remembrance and celebration for Americans. But November also is a special month for American Indians...
11/13/2012
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Supervisors fight to delay Chumash's land acquisition
(California) -- Concerned that a Chumash tribe could acquire a contaminated rocket testing site without having to clean it up, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors...
11/7/2012
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CHAIRMAN ARMENTA: A foundation for giving back
(California) -- Our tribe prides itself on being partners in the community. Giving back has long been a tradition of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
11/6/2012
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Chumash bid to buy cave sparks casino fears
(California) -- The Chumash tribe has expressed interest in buying a 450-acre slice of a contaminated nuclear research facility in the hills between the Simi and San...
11/5/2012
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation Honors the Work of Five Nonprofits
(California) -- In celebration of Native American Heritage Month and to underscore the importance of philanthropy, the third annual Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
10/17/2012
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Decision on tribe’s liquor license expected in December
(California) -- A decision on whether the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians will be allowed to expand the liquor license at its casino, hotel and spa is expected in...
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Hotel furniture donated to 4 nonprofit groups
(California) -- Hundreds of pieces of furniture from the Chumash Casino Resort Hotel, which has been closed for major renovations, have been donated to local charities...
10/16/2012
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Tribe wants part of contaminated rocket lab
(California) -- A California tribe wants part of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab where rocket engines were tested at the dawn of the Space Age.
10/15/2012
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Chumash looking to acquire portion of Santa Susana Field Lab
(California) -- To try to protect Native American historic sites, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is seeking to take over NASA-owned land at the Santa Susana...
10/10/2012
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Liquor license hearing to begin
(California) -- A four-day hearing on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ request for an expansion of the liquor license at the Chumash Casino Resort will...
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Chumash Culture Days to honor state’s tribes
(California) -- About two weeks ago, on Sept. 28, Gov. Jerry Brown declared it to be California Native American Day. The governor noted:
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Pow-wow honors many tribes
(California) -- Crowds of spectators and performers filled Live Oak Campground near Lake Cachuma this weekend with Native American dancing, singing and drumming at the...
10/8/2012
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Chumash Hotel Donation
(California) -- The Chumash Casino is hoping to share some of its good fortune with four area non-profits. Recently the hotel donated hundred of pieces of furniture from...
9/27/2012
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Commentary: Local group takes issue with tribe’s talk to Congress
(California) -- On Aug. 2, a congressional oversight committee hearing on Indian lands invited testimony from tribal representatives, including our local Chumash...
9/26/2012
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GOMEZ: Tribe wants progress for entire SY Valley
(California) -- It may be difficult to believe, but just about four decades ago the homes on our reservation in the Santa Ynez Valley lacked running water. The story of...
9/24/2012
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Hearing set Oct. 16-19 on Chumash liquor license
(California) -- The state agency responsible for alcohol licensing and compliance has confirmed it will hold a four-day public hearing in October on the Santa Ynez Band...
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Donates $100,000 to Westside Boys & Girls Club
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has presented a check for $100,000 to the Westside Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara.
9/10/2012
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Rough water cancels annual tomol crossing
(California) -- Rough ocean currents Saturday forced tribal members and descendants of the Chumash nation to halt an annual crossing of the Santa Barbara Channel in...
9/8/2012
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Chumash Tomol Crossing to Santa Cruz Island Halted by Rough Seas
(California) -- The annual Chumash Tomol Crossing began on schedule at 3 a.m. Saturday at Oxnard’s Channel Islands Harbor, but for the first time in nine crossings...
9/7/2012
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Renovation underway at Chumash Casino Resort Hotel
(California) -- The renovation project will incorporate both literal and abstract elements of the Chumash tribe's rich history. All the 106 rooms and luxury suites...
9/6/2012
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Chumash Keeping Tradition Alive with Annual Tomol Crossing
(California) -- Tribal members and descendants from the Chumash nation will set out on their annual journey across the Santa Barbara Channel on Saturday.
9/4/2012
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The Chumash Casino Resort Hotel is getting a face lift
(California) -- The Chumash Casino Resort Hotel is undergoing some extensive renovations of all 106 rooms and luxury suits. The renovation started Tuesday and is...
9/3/2012
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Casino hotel and spa closing until Dec. 20
(California) -- The Chumash Casino Resort Hotel and Spa will close Tuesday for about four months for a major renovation of all 106 guest rooms, including 17 luxury...
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Chumash Casino hotel, spa to close until Christmas for remodeling
(California) -- A major renovation of the 106 guest rooms, including 17 luxury suites, at the Chumash Casino Resort Hotel and Spa, is scheduled to begin today, the Santa...
8/29/2012
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GOMEZ: Gaming group’s study measures economic impact
(California) -- Our tribe is committed to being a good neighbor. We’ve worked on projects ranging from establishing a health clinic that provides services to...
8/28/2012
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Car chased ended near Chumash Casino after car runs over spike strips
(California) -- Santa Barbara Sheriff's Deputies and the California Highway Patrol are at the entrance of the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez where a car chase has...
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Long, Wild Car Chase Ends at Chumash Casino
(California) -- A person driving a silver Toyota Tacoma with felony warrants and a possible sawed off-shotgun has been leading authorities on a high-speed chase...
8/15/2012
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ARMENTA: Congress considers tribe’s circumstances
(California) -- When I testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs earlier this month, my main goal was to share...
8/14/2012
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Farr, SB County react to Chumash complaint
(California) -- Doreen Farr, the Santa Barbara County supervisor who represents the Santa Ynez Valley, said this week she’ll send a letter to a congressional...
8/9/2012
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Congress hears tribal testimony
(California) -- A congressional subcommittee chairman who reportedly talked about sponsoring federal legislation recently to help the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
8/7/2012
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Congress hears tribal testimony / Chumash complain about opposition to annexation
(California) -- A congressional subcommittee chairman who reportedly talked about sponsoring federal legislation recently to help the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
8/3/2012
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According To Santa Ynez Band Of Chumash Indians, Congress Sends Message To Local Government: Inaction On Reaching Agreement May Trigger Federal Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Following testimony yesterday from Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Tribal Chairman Vincent Armenta before the U.S. House of Representatives...
8/1/2012
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COMMENTARY: Education is the tribe’s major focus
(California) -- School may be out, but various departments of our tribal government are busy making sure our young people have a summer that’s both fun and...
7/25/2012
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SY Valley community groups appeal Chumash land action
(California) -- Two Santa Ynez Valley community groups that have been consistent critics of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians have appealed a recent federal...
7/20/2012
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County delays decision to allow DANA Adobe project
(California) -- A decision on a Land Use Ordinance amendment to allow a cultural center at the Dana Adobe was postponed this week so project proponents and the Chumash...
7/18/2012
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ARMENTA: Ignorance shows need for Chumash museum
(California) -- Our tribe in 2000 began the steps to create a museum to celebrate our heritage. Since then, what we’ve witnessed would make an informative exhibit...
7/12/2012
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Chumash Land Decision Stands
(California) -- The county will not appeal a decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to bring a 6.9-acre plot of Santa Ynez Valley land into federal trust.
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Supes clear path for Chumash annexation
(California) -- In a blow to opponents of a controversial land annexation sought by the Chumash tribe, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted not...
7/11/2012
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County clears road for Chumash
(California) -- A 12-year battle over whether the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians can add 6.9 acres to its reservation came to an end Tuesday when the Santa Barbara...
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County won't fight Chumash land annexation
(California) -- A California central coast tribe's 12-year battle to annex seven acres to its reservation is over. Santa Barbara County supervisors, meeting Tuesday in...
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Chumash Charity Golf Classic to Benefit Westside Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara
(California) -- The eighth annual Chumash Charity Golf Classic will tee off August 16 at the Alisal River Course in Santa Ynez, and, for the first time in its history,...
7/10/2012
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Chumash Land Issue Will Not be Blocked by Santa Barbara Supervisors
(California) -- Santa Barbara County Supervisors will not be standing in the way of a tribal land expansion in the Santa Ynez Valley. A hearing in Santa Maria on the...
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Chumash tribe wins land-use victory in Santa Barbara County
(California) -- Santa Barbara County supervisors Tuesday handed the Chumash tribe a land-use victory that, according to some neighbors, may set a precedent for much...
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Santa Barbara County Supervisors Won’t Appeal Chumash Annexation
(California) -- The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday not to appeal the annexation of 6.9 acres of land into the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
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SB County Supervisors Will Not Appeal Chumash Annexation
(California) -- The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will not formally appeal a decision by the Federal Government to allow the Chumash Indian Tribe to transfer...
7/9/2012
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Chumash Annexation Comes Before SB Supervisors
(California) -- Making a case to appeal or not to appeal a decision to allow the Chumash Tribe to add more land to their reservation in the Santa Ynez Valley will be...
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Chumash Land Issue Before Santa Barbara Supervisors
(California) -- Santa Barbara County Supervisors will decide Tuesday if the county will oppose an expansion of tribal land in the Santa Ynez Valley. A hearing on the...
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Editorial: When two governments can’t agree
(California) -- Every government has processes that go through critical phases. Santa Barbara County hits one of those spots at today’s Board of Supervisors...
7/8/2012
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County to consider appeal of land annex
(California) -- The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will decide whether or not to appeal a plan by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to annex 6...
7/5/2012
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OP/ED: A critical moment arrives in the annexation saga
(California) -- This coming Tuesday, July 10, our county Board of Supervisors will be deciding whether or not to oppose annexation by the Santa Ynez Band of Mission...
7/4/2012
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Chumash Land Goes Federal
(California) -- A federal agency that oversees the government’s relationship with Indian tribes in the United States has accepted a Santa Ynez property owned by...
6/28/2012
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Citizens group requests county appeal of fee-to-trust decision
(California) -- Preservation of Los Olivos, P.O.L.O., a grass-roots citizen group, received notice on June 22, 2012, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has...
6/27/2012
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Tribe gets US approval for 7-acre annexation
(California) -- The public will have a chance to speak before the county Board of Supervisors next month on a recent federal decision to take almost 7 acres of land into...
6/26/2012
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Tribe gets US approval for 7-acre annexation
(California) -- The public will have a chance to speak before the county Board of Supervisors next month on a recent federal decision to take almost 7 acres of land into...
6/21/2012
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MORON ALERT: The lowdown on SB 162
(California) -- There have been many “backdoor” efforts to thwart the rights of California citizens engineered by the governments of casino Indian tribes....
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Chumash Site Unearthed
(California) -- A group of students from UC Santa Barbara recently had the unique opportunity to excavate a Chumash Indian site.
6/20/2012
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Local groups applaud ‘standing’ ruling
(California) -- The president of a local environmental watchdog group is “very pleased” with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday in favor of a Michigan man...
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Senator pulls bill on tribal annexations
(California) -- A bill in the California Legislature meant to silence state agencies from opposing Indian tribes’ attempts to add private property to their...
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Chumash praise arrival of summer
(California) -- Alan Salazar, a Native American storyteller, tells the story of how the Chumash got the shape of their hands during the Summer Solstice Celebration at...
6/18/2012
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Local groups applaud standing ruling
(California) -- The president of a local environmental watchdog group is “very pleased” with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday in favor of a Michigan man...
6/13/2012
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Assemblyman opposes tribal annexation bill
(California) -- Assemblyman Das Williams has declared his opposition to a bill in the state Legislature that could have a major impact on efforts by the Santa Ynez Band...
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Bill would hush state officials' opposition to tribal fee-to-trust
(California) -- The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is formally opposing a bill in the state legislature that could impact the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash...
6/8/2012
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Kathy "I Hate Chumash" Cleary : Fee-to-trust legislation would muzzle lawmakers
(California) -- Legislation silencing the lawmakers on decisions ruinous to California? That is exactly what Senators Anderson and Wyland and Assemblymember Garrick will...
6/7/2012
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ARMENTA: Housing would help cities, entire county
(California) -- I want to share with you some of the latest developments in our tribal government’s plans to provide more housing opportunities for our families....
6/4/2012
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Chumash buy another hotel
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, already owners of two large hotels in the Santa Ynez Valley, announced Wednesday that the tribe has purchased the...
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Senate Bill 162 causes uproar locally
(California) -- A bill moving through the California Legislature has set off alarms in the Santa Ynez Valley because of its implications for the Santa Ynez Band of...
5/31/2012
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Senate bill causes uproar
(California) -- A bill moving through the California Legislature has set off alarms in the Santa Ynez Valley because of its implications for the Santa Ynez Band of...
5/30/2012
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Chumash buy another Solvang hotel
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, already owners of two large hotels in the Santa Ynez Valley, announced Wednesday that the tribe has purchased the...
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Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Acquires Hadsten House
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians announced Wednesday that it has closed escrow on the purchase of the Hadsten House Inn in Solvang.
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Gaming fund grants $740,000 to county, city
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday for Buellton and Santa Barbara County as part of...
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Indian Gaming Benefit Committee Approves Grants
(California) -- Yesterday, the Santa Barbara County Indian Gaming Community Benefit Committee approved more than $736,700 in grants from the Special Distribution Fund (...
5/28/2012
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Gaming fund grants $740,000 to county, city
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday for Buellton and Santa Barbara County as part of...
5/25/2012
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Chumash gaming fund grants $740,000 to county, city
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday for Buellton and Santa Barbara County as part of...
5/24/2012
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OP/ED: Help cook up help for seniors
(California) -- Santa Barbara County is fortunate to have more than 1,000 nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving our quality of life, in areas ranging from...
5/23/2012
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Hearing on tribe’s liquor license postponed 5 months
(California) -- A three-day public hearing that was scheduled for Tuesday through today on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ request for an expansion of the...
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OP/ED: Public policy is anti-public
(California) -- What if they held a public hearing but nobody came? Better yet, what if they held a public hearing but didn’t bother to tell the public about it?
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The Sustainable Chumash
(California) -- There is something beautiful and poetic and incredibly important happening just off Highway 246 in Santa Ynez.
5/21/2012
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Tribe’s liquor-license hearing delayed
(California) -- A three-day public hearing that was set to begin today on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ request for an expansion of the liquor license at...
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Alaska Congressmember Not Proposing Chumash Legislation
(California) -- Alaska Representative Don Young — who had a conversation in recent months with the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians about Camp 4, the 1,400-acre...
5/20/2012
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Huffman splits top prize in Central Coast Poker Championship
(California) -- Santa Barbara’s John Pearley Huffman commanded the final table and generously opted to split the prize money with his three remaining competitors...
5/17/2012
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MORON ALERT: Is Alaskan Congressman Young representing California casino tribe?
(California) -- The news that an Alaskan congressman could become the pivotal figure in a lightning rod issue pertaining strictly to the Santa Ynez Valley – taking...
5/8/2012
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Supervisor Farr's letter opposes Chumash fee-to-trust proposal
(California) -- In a letter to an Alaskan congressman, 3rd District Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr again laid out her objections to a request by the Santa...
5/3/2012
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LETTER: P.O.L.O. reaches out
(California) -- P.O.L.O., or Preservation of Los Olivos, was recently informed that the Santa Ynez Band (Chumash Casino tribe) has contacted Alaskan Congressman Don...
4/27/2012
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Farr letter opposes tribal annex
(California) -- In a letter to Alaska Congressman Don Young, 3rd District county Supervisor Doreen Farr has detailed her opposition to placing the Chumash tribe’s...
4/26/2012
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Farr letter opposes tribal annexation
(California) -- In a letter to Alaska Congressman Don Young, 3rd District county Supervisor Doreen Farr has detailed her opposition to placing the Chumash tribe’s...
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OP/ED: Tribe to make its own wine from Camp 4
(California) -- Our tribe two years ago purchased a small portion of our ancestral land in the valley for homes for tribal families. You may have read in the news about...
4/19/2012
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Column: Chumash casino tribe economic report
(California) -- In reading the Chumash Casino tribe’s Economic Report to justify development on their 1,400 acres (Camp 4), I am not sure if Santa Barbara county...
4/10/2012
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Chumash cite economic benefit of housing plan
(California) -- A report commissioned by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians concludes that building homes on their “Camp 4” property in Santa Ynez would...
3/29/2012
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OP/ED: State opposition to annexation in Riverside should apply here
(California) -- News flash: A game-changing letter in opposition to annexation of land by a wealthy Indian tribe has been sent by the state of California to the Bureau...
3/20/2012
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BLOG: National Historic Landmark
(California) -- The National Park Service this week designated the Carrizo Plain Archeological District in California as a National Historic Landmark.
3/17/2012
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Commentary: Portraits point out ‘We are still here’
(California) -- “We are still here.” It’s a phrase you hear in Native American communities around the country — a reminder that indigenous people...
2/29/2012
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ARMENTA: Tribe wants homes on Chumash land
(California) -- We’ve been reaching out to residents, civic leaders and employers to discuss the need for more housing for families of the Santa Ynez Band of...
2/28/2012
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Chumash Casino Wins Environmental Award
(California) -- The Energy Smart Award honors commercial businesses, governmental agencies, residential customers, educational institutions and other energy users that...
2/23/2012
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Solvang to discuss Chumash grant application
(California) -- The Solvang City Council will meet Monday night to discuss grant funds made available to cities, counties and special districts that are affected by...
2/22/2012
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MORON ALERT: Tribal sovereignty warrants big debate
(California) -- "The United States' unique political relationship with tribal governments is now being transformed into an intergovernmental co-partnership...
2/20/2012
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Hearing set in May on tribe’s liquor license
(California) -- The state agency responsible for alcohol licensing and compliance will hold a three-day public hearing in May on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
2/2/2012
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Hearing to be held on liquor license
(California) -- A public hearing will be held on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' request for an expansion of the liquor license at its Chumash Casino Resort...
1/18/2012
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MORON ALERT: Annexation is welfare for rich
(California) -- The U.S. government created tribal annexation to get poor tribes off the welfare rolls, not to get rich tribes off the tax rolls.
1/5/2012
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OP/ED: Farr’s avoiding chance to show leadership
(California) -- It's odd that Doreen Farr did not attend the meeting of 600-plus people a few months ago to address the proposed annexation by the Chumash tribe of 1...
12/21/2011
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Chumash ask city to support proposed annexation
(California) -- The Lompoc City Council is not taking part in a mounting battle between Santa Barbara County residents and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians over...
12/8/2011
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OP/ED: Tribal annexation would take huge financial toll
(California) -- Recently there have been a number of editorials and letters to the editor regarding the potential annexation into the Chumash reservation of 1,400 acres...
11/24/2011
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CALDWELL: Making a strong case for Chumash plans
(California) -- This Thanksgiving day, I recall the kindness of the Native Americans who helped the pilgrims understand how to survive in this world that was so new to...
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GOMEZ: Are we all tired of the opposition yet?
(California) -- Last week the Santa Ynez Valley News published another commentary from a member of the tribal opposition group, Preservation of Los Olivos (POLO),...
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LYING LIAR: Signatures are worthless
(California) -- POLO has been telling people in the Santa Ynez Valley about the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians’ signature drive to support their plans for the...
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OP/ED: Making a strong case for Chumash plans
(California) -- This Thanksgiving day, I recall the kindness of the Native Americans who helped the pilgrims understand how to survive in this world that was so new to...
11/19/2011
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OP/ED: SM residents rely on tribe’s success
(California) -- The Santa Ynez Chumash tribe has been in the news recently over plans to build homes for tribal families. This is positive news, and headlines should...
11/16/2011
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Chumash Tribe Solicits Support For Development
(California) -- The Chumash Indian tribe is seeking the community’s help developing a 1,400 acre parcel of land purchased last year to reduce overcrowding on its...
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OP/ED: Groups spread false information to attack Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
(California) -- The Capitol Weekly recently published another commentary attacking the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. The latest assault concerns 1,400 acres the...
11/14/2011
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Beau Bridges - Beau Bridges Preserving Sacred Chumash Land In California
(California) -- Actor Beau Bridges is spearheading a campaign to preserve and protect sacred Chumash Indian land in California. The Fabulous Baker Boys star is on the...
11/10/2011
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LETTER: Tribe plan is criticized
(California) -- I’m not anti-Indian, anti-Chumash, anti-tribe or any other label Chairman Armenta repeatedly gives anyone who doesn’t agree with the Chumash...
11/9/2011
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MORON ALERT: Who will get the signatures – Gallegly, Santa Barbara supervisors, or Gov. Brown?
(California) -- The community is a buzz with the latest regarding “Camp 4” – the 1,400 acres in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley owned by the Chumash...
10/26/2011
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LETTER: Resolving the Camp 4 issue
(California) -- I’ve been following the story of the Chumash and Camp 4, and it seems the solution is simple. We must understand the sensitivity of the Chumash....
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LETTER: Tribe earns her thanks
(California) -- Again, our friends and neighbors, the Chumash Indians, have shown their generosity — $30,000 each to the senior centers and Friends of the Library.
10/13/2011
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Commentary: Second casino or not, it’s bigger than that
(California) -- As you know, the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians has purchased the 1,400 acres known as Camp 4. The tribe is actively pursuing efforts to remove that...
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Commentary: There can be no ‘agreement’ with the tribe
(California) -- Well-intended people have recently advocated that the community compromise with the Chumash tribal government and forge an “agreement”...
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Commentary: Tribe wants people to have information
(California) -- First, we’d like to thank the hundreds of residents who attended our September public meeting about our tribe’s purchase of the Camp Four...
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MORON ALERT: Representation without taxation
(California) -- I read with interest the recent remarks of the Chumash tribal government now that a misguided state law has opened the door for them and other “...
10/6/2011
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OP/ED: Chumash Casino tribe the first government?
(California) -- “Fee-to-trust is about returning lost land to the tribe and returning it to the local control of the one government that was in place long before the...
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OP/ED: Consider the benefits generated by the casino
(California) -- Although I recognize the Chumash tribe's fee-to-trust rights, I do not want another casino in the Valley. However, I also don't believe a second...
9/29/2011
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CHAIRMAN ARMENTA: Educating community about tribal issues
(California) -- If you didn't attend "You Heard the Fiction, Now Hear the Facts," a Chumash public meeting held on September 16, you missed an opportunity...
9/27/2011
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Chumash expansion plans upset Solvang neighbors
(California) -- Stretching beside the road to San Marcos Pass, the property known as Camp 4 is rolling, oak-studded and vast. On that much, the land's owners, the...
9/23/2011
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OP/ED: Don’t let a fox guard the hen house
(California) -- In an apparent attempt to disparage the concerns of hundreds in the Valley community and the groups representing their interests, the Chumash tribal...
9/22/2011
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Chumash town hall lures crowd
(California) -- Speculation has swirled over what the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has in store for 1,390 acres at the northwest corner of highways 154/246 in...
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OP/ED: Tribe’s real plan for Camp 4 is obvious
(California) -- To be fair, I went to hear what the Chumash tribe wanted the public to hear about taking their 1,400 acres via the fee-to-trust process last Friday and...
9/21/2011
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Chumash Respond to Camp 4 Worries
(California) -- Beyond the bright lights and hum of regular Friday night activity at the Chumash Casino, a panel of representatives from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash...
9/20/2011
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Chumash defend annexation plans
(California) -- Tribal leaders have “a moral obligation to acquire land for the long-term survival of the tribe,” and converting private property into...
9/17/2011
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Chumash defend annexation plans
(California) -- Tribal leaders have “a moral obligation to acquire land for the long-term survival of the tribe,” and converting private property into...
9/16/2011
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Chumash Tribe to Hold Public Meeting About Camp Four Land Development
(California) -- The Chumash Tribe plans to hold a public meeting Friday night to discuss future development on hundreds of acres of Chumash land that is under scrutiny....
9/15/2011
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MORON ALERT: 1,400 acres: What elected officials say about fee to trust
(California) -- POLO has done the work to get you the facts. What are you going to do about it? (Every resident, property owner, business owner and registered voter has...
9/14/2011
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CHUMASH: Face the facts on Friday night
(California) -- At the anti-tribal town hall meeting a few weeks ago, tribal opponent groups presented a variety of scenarios designed to incite panic. The problem?...
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LETTER: Listening to tribe’s plan
(California) -- Marketing hype is turning us into a society of frightened rabbits. A steady stream of TV commercials, advertising messages and stories in the media...
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OP/ED: Tribal annexations harm businesses
(California) -- The business community should pay especially close attention to tribal land annexation issues — or risk becoming the victim of the dreaded unfair...
9/13/2011
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Chumash plan public meeting on Camp 4 issues
(California) -- Two weeks after several community groups held a meeting to inform residents about recent efforts by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians to annex 1,400...
9/10/2011
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COMMENTARY: Measuring the effects of tribe’s proposal
(California) -- Over the past two weeks, I have received a large volume of correspondence from Santa Ynez Valley residents sharing their concerns about a potential fee-...
9/8/2011
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OP/ED: Measuring effects of tribe’s proposal
(California) -- Over the past two weeks, I have received a large volume of correspondence from Santa Ynez Valley residents sharing their concerns about a potential fee-...
9/1/2011
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MORON ALERT: ‘Cooperative agreement:’ An introduction
(California) -- Several members of the Santa Ynez Valley community, including No More Slots, have asked me to review a “cooperative agreement” presented to...
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Town Hall meeting draws hundreds
(California) -- It is a story that has prompted head-shaking among many Valley residents. It is also a stark reality that has property owners who live near the $250...
8/31/2011
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ARMENTA: The opponents who cried wolf
(California) -- Everything leading up to last week’s anti-Chumash town hall meeting had a desperate feel to it. The flyer announcing the meeting was designed to...
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Chumash Indians, Santa Ynez Residents Clash Over Camp 4
(California) -- For nothing actually happening quite yet at Camp 4 — the 1,390-acre Santa Ynez property sitting on the northeast corner of Highways 154 and 246 and...
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LET THE IDIOT SPEAK: Annexation would be land grab for gaming
(California) -- Last Friday residents of the Santa Ynez Valley, looking to the future, took an historic step toward protecting this valley and their community resources.
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Public urged to fight tribal annexation
(California) -- Residents of the Santa Ynez Valley should expect the worst and organize politically to stop the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians from adding another 1,...
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