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Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley

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Recognition, as each source states it

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Federal relationship terminated and not restored, California (Sonoma County)Alexander Valley Rancheria terminated 1959-1961 under the California Rancheria Act; tribe sued in Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley v. Salazar/Jewell (N.D. Cal.; 2015 WL 1306930, summary judgment for federal defendants).source

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At issue in this action is the termination and distribution of one of those rancherias, the Alexander Valley Rancheria