Nation

Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo

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Official name: Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California
Recorded status: Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
Region: California

In the record

This nation carries the history of Pomo in the treaty record. Land has come back: Blues Beach transfer to Kai Poma (Pomo tribes).

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.

The record over time

Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.

Names

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Official names

Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California

Other names in English

Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Who is doing the work

Working with these nations

InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council Nation government Land conservation and return of coastal Sinkyone lands to tribal stewardship (nearly 5,000 acres protected) Give on their site Website
Kai Poma Native-led Receive and steward Blues Beach (136 acres), first state-owned land transfer of its kind in California per ActiveNorCal

Native legal and land defense, nationally

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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Connections

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Carries the treaty history of 1

Pomo

Land recorded in this nation’s name 1, matched by the Forest Service, under review

Land of the Mas-su-ta-ka-ya, Po-mo and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 297)1851

Sources

federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California
sherwoodvalleybandofpomo.com/unclassified
Welcome to the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians website
Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).

Research notes

Named in tribe-org-map.

Kind: Nation
Confidence: Medium
Nation review: Not yet reviewed by this nation

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