A Northern California sheriff is speaking out after a Native American tribe accused him of overstepping his authority when his office conducted raids on cannabis farms on tribal land last year ...

(CN) — California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state of California sued the federal government Friday over its decision to greenlight a massive tribal casino project in Sonoma County wine country ...

But many of the small farmers in the area are having a difficult time making a living, in large part because buying land is becoming such a challenge. But, one new program hopes to make it easier for ...

A $600m casino resort in Sonoma County is at ... this illegal and unethical land grab, lest it set a precedent undermining tribal sovereignty across the map,” the spokesperson says.

Native American tribal ... lake in Sonoma County but was drained for agricultural use starting more than a 150 years ago. Indigenous stewards have been helping to coax the land back to ecological ...

This motion is a pretext designed to use the federal courts to protect its competitive superiority in the Sonoma County gaming ... construction of tribal casinos on tribal land acquired before ...

“We’ve had our presence in Sonoma County for 3,000 years,” Mr. Beltran said.Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times Federal law allows tribes to build casinos on tribal land acquired ...

By 1918, most tribal members had relocated to Sonoma County. In 1956, the federal government sold off 40 hectares of the Lake County land and transferred the remaining 16 hectares to the sole ...

The money generated would allow tribal members a better ... culturally or historically connected to Sonoma County and he accused the tribe of cherry-picking land that already draws tourists.

The tribe, Sarris said, is not linguistically, culturally or historically connected to Sonoma County ... The land also has to be near where a significant number of tribal members reside.“ ...

The money generated would allow tribal members a better ... culturally or historically connected to Sonoma County and he accused the tribe of cherry-picking land that already draws tourists.

The money generated would allow tribal members a better ... culturally or historically connected to Sonoma County and he accused the tribe of cherry-picking land that already draws tourists.