Native American Issues

CSAC Staff: DeAnn Baker, Legislative Representative, 916/327-7500 Ext. 509 or Kiana Buss, Legislative Analyst, 916/327-77500 Ext. 566.

News Articles

• Court rules for state in American Indian land case - February 24, 2009

Hot Topics

• Carcieri v. Salazar
  • CSAC Letter to Senator Feinstein Re: S. 1701 - December 1, 2009
  • Letter Re: Executive Branch Authority to Acquire Trust Lands for Indian Tribes - June 4, 2009
  • CSAC Testimony - June 2009
  • CSAC Letter to Governor Re: Aquisition of Trust Lands - May 19, 2009
  • CSAC Testimony - April 2009 
  • Court Rules Re: Aquisition of Trust Lands for Indian Tribes

• CSAC Congressional Position Paper on Indian Affairs - March 2009 *NEW*
• Federal Indian Gaming Update 2008

CSAC Policy and Principles

• CSAC Policy on Indian Gaming: 2006

County Resources

•  CSAC Fact Sheets on Tribal State Gaming Compacts
       - Agua Caliente Tribal Compact Fact Sheet (August 2006)
       - CSAC Fact Sheet on Tribal/State Compacts Signed on Aug. 23, 2004 
       - CSAC Comparison of the Tribal/State Compacts Signed on Aug. 23, 2004 
       - CSAC Fact Sheet on New Tribal/State Compacts (June 21, 2004)
  
  
•  Sample MOUs
       - Colusa County Public Safety/Tribal Resolution
       - Madera County/Picyune Rancheria Of The Chukchansi Indians
       - Placer County/United Auburn Indian Community
       - Sonoma County/Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
      - Tuolumne County/Tuolumne Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
• Special Distribution Fund
  • Annual Report Memo -- 2010
  • FY 09-10 Annual Report Format
  • SDF Request for Information Template
  • 2010 Annual Report Mailing List
  • Legislation: SB 288
  • Legislation: SB 621
  • CSAC Flowchart on SB 621  
• CSAC Indian Gaming Surveys
       - CSAC Indian Gaming Fact Sheet/Survey Results (As of 11/5/03)
• Federal Issues
       - Governor's Proclamation on Urbanized Gaming (May 18, 2005)
       - Governor's List of "Urbanized Areas"
• Sacred Sites
       - Tribal Consultation Guidelines

Letters, Correspondence and Testimony

• CSAC Testimony on Ramifications of the Decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in Carcieri v. Salazar - April 13, 2009
• Letter to Senator Feinstein Regarding Support of S. 338: Lytton Gaming Oversight Act - April 7, 2009
• CSAC Comment Letter Re: Bureau of Indian Affairs Proposed Procedures for Indian Tribes and States to Submit Tribal-State Compacts and Compacts Amendments (August 18, 2008)
• CSAC Budget Letter to the Governor & Legislature: Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (July 24, 2008)
• CSAC Letter to House Natural Resources Committee Re: Oversight Hearing on Department of Interior's Recently Released Guidance on Taking Land into Trust for Indian Tribes and its Ramifications (February 29, 2008)
• Solano Supervisor Duane Kromm's Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (February 1, 2006)
• CSAC Comments on Proposed Class II Gaming Regulations
• CSAC Comments on BIA Proposed Rules Regarding Gaming on Trust Lands
• Northern California Counties Tribal Matters Consortium on BIA Proposed Rules Regarding Gaming on Trust Land

Links and Resources

• Map of Indian Casinos Pre-1999
• Federally Recognized Tribes in California
• California Gambling Control Commission
• California Attorney General's Division of Gambling Control 
• California Legislative Analyst's Office - Q&A on California Tribal Casinos
• California Research Bureau Report: California Tribal State Gaming Compacts from 1999 - 2006
• California Research Bureau Report: Gaming in the Golden State 1998 Forward
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• United States Bureau of Indian Affairs