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The Graton Rancheria was a 15.45-acre (62,500 m 2) property in the coastal hills of northern California, about two miles (3 km) northwest of Sebastopol.The site is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the hamlet of Graton, population 1,815 in 2000. [1]
The Graton Rancheria was a 15-acre (61,000 m 2) Indian rancheria near Sebastopol in Sonoma County. The rancheria was established for Coast Miwok, Southern Pomo, and other Indians living in the region. In 1920, when Indians began to settle the land, they discovered that all but three acres (12,000 m 2) were inhospitable.
The Graton Rancheria Tribe was one of many that was terminated by Congress in 1958. The “Termination Era” lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1960s and ended during the Nixon administration, largely the result of Indian activism and widespread opposition to the policy.
Graton Resort & Casino is an Indian casino and hotel outside Rohnert Park, California, that opened on November 5, 2013. It is owned and operated by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. The casino has 3,000 slot machines, 144 table games, and a poker room. [2] In November 2016 it opened an adjacent hotel with 200 rooms. [3]
“While they don’t mention tribes, they do mention so much that would impact us,” said Greg Sarris, chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in the Bay Area and the board chair ...
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He co-authored the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act, 25 U.S.C. §1300n (Act) with California Indian Legal Services. [20] President Clinton signed the Act into law on December 27, 2000, officially granting the tribe status as a federally recognized tribe. [ 21 ]
In 1964, an amendment to the California Rancheria Termination Act (78 Stat. 390) was enacted, terminating additional rancheria lands.Overall, then, there were 3 rancherias terminated prior to Public Law 85-671, 41 mentioned in Public Law 85-671, an additional 7 included in the amendment of 1964 and 5 that were never terminated but were listed, correcting the number of California Rancherias ...