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Adopt and present a resolution recognizing November 2018 as Native American Heritage Month (Supervisor Hannigan)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Hannigan requests that the Board of Supervisors adopt and present a resolution recognizing November 2018 as Native American Heritage Month.
SUMMARY:
In 1976, the United States' bicentennial year, Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Ford to proclaim a week in October as "Native American Awareness Week." On October 8, 1976, he issued his presidential proclamation doing so. Since then, Congress and the President have observed a day, a week or a month in honor of the American Indian and Alaska Native people.
The Governor of the State of California, Jerry Brown, proclaimed September 28, 2018, as "Native American Day" in the State of California.
Even though Solano County contains no reservations, the County of Solano today enjoys a government-to-government relationship with the closest Patwin tribe, and specifically, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, whose people live in an area now known as the Capay Valley in adjacent Yolo County. Yocha Dehe is recognized by the State's Native American Heritage Commission as the Most Likely Descendent of the Patwin people buried in Solano County, and so it works closely with local governments and agencies throughout the County to protect sacred burial sites from disturbance and desecration.
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is an independent, self-governed nation, one of the 567 sovereign tribal governments officially recognized by the United States today.
Through self-governance, tribes protect their unique cultures and identities, which are a distinct and essential part of the heritage of the nation we today call the United States.
As a federally-recognized sovereign government, Yocha Dehe enjoys constructive government-to-government relations with not on...
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